Church life keeps pastor close to home
“I’ve had a good life, a very good life. Born poor. Born Black. Born in 1942. Born the 24th day of April. Born on a Wednesday. All this means a lot to me. As a matter...
Category: Short Stories
Fantasy football league friends still going strong
“I’m in what is probably one of the top five oldest fantasy football leagues still in existence. We were all attending Arizona State, where I was a grad student. We were these jocks who played together...
Robotics team mentor helps other ‘curious’ kids
“I’d say I was a curious kid. My mom would say destructive. When she was in my room cleaning, I only allowed her to touch my bed or chest of drawers. I had piles all over...
Coronavirus plays havoc with school routines
“I’ve been teaching for 15 years. But nothing I’ve experienced mentally prepared me for what we walked into this spring. “In my classes, we keep up with what’s going on in the world. So we’d been...
‘When we lose hope, we lose our sense of humanity’
“I have an African American son, and my wife worries about us when we go out to bike ride. She worries about me when I go out to jog. That is painful. And it is a...
He’s fulfilling vision with Community Works
“In 2018 I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. They were talking about surgery. Then two days before Thanksgiving, my doctor called. He said, ‘The team working on your case looked at your scan from three...
He has more to offer as high school counselor
“I’ve always had people say, ‘You’re so easy to talk to. I feel like I can tell you anything.’ It’s something that has kind of happened organically. “Becoming a counselor is definitely something that’s been in...
Comic book-anime club welcomes everyone
“I’m the sponsor for a comic book and anime club at my school. It’s kind of gotten a reputation around campus as the sanctuary for misfits. The stereotype that you get is the nerd, the ones...
Part of coronavirus quarantine ‘big blur of nothingness’
“When I heard about the virus in Wuhan, I figured it might be like the swine flu or some kind of avian flu. Where it’s a big thing somewhere else, but not here. But as soon...
Family faced with life after son’s death
“After everything is over, it really starts to sink in. Then everybody forgets about you. They forget that your baby died. And that’s when it’s really hard. People just kind of move on. Obviously, your loved...
