“Welcome”

Welcome to my blog. I started it during the early days of the Corona Virus to lighten my heart and hopefully give others a lift. Well, almost 900 BLOGS later, we are still going strong. I hope the readers benefit from the stories and quotes from the scriptures and other holy men and women.


“Miracle In The Bootheel”

I was baptized on September 15th 1946 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Malden, Mo. It was the Memorial of “Our Lady of Sorrows”. That was 80 years ago. At that time our family lived in Dexter, Mo. 20 miles away; the church in Dexter was still a mission church with only intermittent services. ( One…

“Even At 80, I Don’t Know Everything”

Many years ago, Judy and I were meeting with a young couple about marriage and life. As I was ready to present the “coup de grâce”, the decisive point that would make everything perfectly clear, I looked over and Judy was asleep. Well, you can imagine my chagrin. Did Clementine ever fall asleep when  Winnie was talking…

“ Emails ”

I used to take pride in keeping my email basket empty… maybe a few would pile up, but I could always clean them up pretty quickly. But I have a confession to make …. I currently have 716 unopened emails. I’m serious…716. I hear you shouting, “Please Dave say it’s not true … you’re too emotionally stable…


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