grandma ellis and little roy

Another grandson was born recently, so my wife and I traveled to North Dakota to spend time with him (and his parents, too). While holding Little Roy and listening to his grunts and cooing, I couldn’t help but consider the LIFE before him. What will he become? Will he choose to follow his mother and father’s…

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The Value of Small Acts Have Absolutely Priceless Results

We need to be reminded that in total and over a significant period of time, seemingly small things bring to pass great things. – President Dallin H. Oaks What great things have you done in your life? Well? Have you… Solved a human rights issue? Discovered a cure for a disease? Saved a life? Written…

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Forget About It, No Really, You've Forgotten About It

“Give it to me,” I rumbled under my breath. “Give you what?” he sincerely responds. “You know what,” I say accusing, growling lightly. “Really, I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he innocently shrugs. “Quit screwing with me! You had it this morning! You even told me you had it!” I pleaded, trying to call…

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Is It Worth Raising Remarkable Gentlemen

Are we losing the battle of raising gentlemen? Does the world even value these traditional traits anymore? Is There Room In Today’s World For Gentlemen? I refuse to make an excuse for these expectations, even in a climate frowning upon such gentleman basics. The threat may be a misperceived notion that I am teaching my…

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Life Lessons: These 5 Successful Fundamentals Deliver

Let’s be morbidly honest, my life is more than half over. I’m okay with that. Save the pity party for someone else, unless you are serving Oreos, then I’m in. Wow, I am ‘so’ able to digress. Focus. LIFE and I have a wonderful relationship. At times we argue, at times we embrace and laugh,…

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A friend of mine recently posted a newspaper clipping on a social media site about “Tips to Look After Your Husband” – Extract from 1950 Home Economics Book. In reading the article, my first thought was, “Makes sense.” Before you block my profile off of Medium, let me explain. My thought came after reading the…

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Improve yourself and your community and the world will follow.

Doable tried and true attitudes and actions guaranteed to make LIFE better. The list below is in no special order. Ready…set…go! Treat others fairly and with respect. Pick up trash on the ground when you see it (okay, that was my dad). Help put away chairs and tables at the end of a church function…

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Be Careful and Bore Yourself to Death

Fear Of the unknown or the never attempted. Love Lost or never gained. Friendship Destroyed or never tested. Dreams While you sleep or while awake. Change And avoidance or embracing the elusive. Time Of aging or priceless knowledge. Confidence In others or self. Adventures In books or in living. Pain In the now or lessons…

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How To Update Applications Like A Boss

It’s true…SMH…it’s true. I’m an update-aholic. My iPhone. My iPad. My Apple Air Laptop. My Amazon Fire. I can’t help myself. I get excited to see what the update brings. The rush of something new. The disappointment when I click on “more” to only see that there have been “bug fixes” with nothing new to…

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Are You Making Better Decisions in Your Life?

There is one eternal rule that holds true, no matter your status in life, no matter your wealth, no matter your political affiliations, and that is that you can’t change the past. You could argue that someone could cover up the past, using power, influence, and/or money. However, underneath still lies the truth. Though it…

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