Dear Grandchildren: One of my most favorite Bible stories is Luke 15 about the two prodigal sons. Jesus tells this wonderful story of the unconditional love of his Father God, but it’s a sad story of two sons who didn’t understand their earthly father they lived with. The younger son was the worst because he demanded his […]
October 2022, Dear Grandchildren, Jim Rohn stated, “You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change your circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.” One of the most pervasive myths in the American culture today is that we are “entitled” to a great life-that somehow, somewhere, someone, is responsible for filling our lives with […]
December 26, 2020 Dear Grandchildren: This month, I am writing about your great-grandmother, Doris Jeannette Catt. She was a beautiful, classy lady. In 1951, when Glen and Doris opened their first store in Gaylord, they were a team that made the business successful. They took over a grocery store that had just failed, and many people gave […]
September 2020: Dear Grandchildren: I want to share with you, Grandchildren, a very important event that changed our family forty-nine years ago on October 2nd, 1971. We lived in Grayling, Michigan and our family comprised of: Laurie, age 7, Timothy, age 5, Tommy, age 3, and Paul, age 3 months. I think back and realize how busy […]