Do you have any kids?

 

I always answer “no” to this question.

It’s just easier.

Less explaining.

Less awkwardness for me and the person that asked the question.

The truth is our daughter would have been 30 years old today.

I never saw her smile or heard her cry but I remember holding her wrapped in a pink hospital blanket.

She had a full head of dark curly hair.

And although she weighed 12lbs and was 23 inches long, she was the cutest, tiniest baby I have ever seen.

Throughout the years I’ve seen her in the faces of other children. Female co-workers who are around her age have made me think of her and what she would have been or looked like when she grew up.

Although I don’t remember a lot of details, I have seen her in my dreams.

I look back to those dark days at the hospital with sadness, waiting for her birth even though we knew she was already gone. No 20 year old should  be making burial arrangements for their child.

But I also look back at that time as a turning point in my life. It created a bond between Evelyn and I that has not waivered since. It yanked me into adulthood and made me grow up. I’d like to think it made me a better person and husband.

I wish I could have been watching over her all these years but instead I know she has been watching over me.

She has been my guardian angel.

I miss her everyday but I know she is always with me, in my heart and my dreams.

Happy Birthday to my darling daughter and thank you for enriching my life.

City of the Dead (Horrors of History) by T. Neill Anderson

A LibraryThing Review

 

 

T. Neill Anderson uses a blend of fictional characters mixed with historical figures and events to weave a very gripping tale of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900.

He immediately jumps into a graphic description of the storm and its destructive power letting the reader sense the fear, desperation and horror that the characters are experiencing as they fight for their lives against nature’s worst.

Although classified as YA Fiction, it is written in a fashion that is still enjoyable to an older reader. 

Today’s Public Service Announcement

Honestly, you do not need to check out 100 books from the library for your 2 year old.

Check a couple of your favorites to read to them.

Less can be more.

Contact my Priest for your ATM CARD

Normally, this type of scam/spam email goes directly to my Junk folder and I delete it without ever looking at it but the subject line made me laugh.

This is a new one to me. Usually you are asked to contact an attorney, executer, or banker to “receive” your money. I have never seen one asking you to contact a priest, I guess this makes it legit since a priest wouldn’t scam you.

They usually want your banking information so they can transfer the funds to you but this is an ATM card. But…”this ATM CARD is real is not like the one you have see before OK just trust me okay”.

By the end of the email the guy is practically begging you to contact the priest.

I’ve pasted it below for your enjoyment. I’m sure you’ll find it as amusing as I did.

Just trust me okay.

 

 

Contact my Priest for your ATM CARD, or Call Line: +234 7080847673

From: kenneth howard (kkkh10@myfastbox.it)

Sent: Mon 6/03/13 9:48 PM

To:

Dear Friend,
Please accept my apology for not contacting you earlier before now due to my tight schedules. I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that money under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay; Presently I'm in London with the partners for some new projects with the money.
Contact my Priest in Lagos state, federal Republic of Nigeria, because I have left the instruction with him on your behalf and instructed him where to send the $5,000,000.00. without any further delay for your compensation.
Remember that the $5,000,000.00. Is in ATM CARD, not cash, so you need to send to him you’re full Information where the ATM CARD will be delivered. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much so feel free to get in touched with him.
As at the time I was leaving Nigeria he was the only one I could trust with that kind of money, he is a very simple and understanding person. His name is Rev.Fr.Emmanuel Manu of ,Email (revfatheremmanuelmanu2@gmail.com )
NOTE: BELLOW IS THE REQUIRED INFORMATION YOU WILL SEND TO MY PRIEST:-
(1) YOUR FULL NAMES
(2) YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS
(3) YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER AND HOUSE PHONE WITH FAX IF ANY.
So feel free to get in touch with him and discuss with him how the amount will reach you. Please do let me know immediately you contact him to receive it, so that we can share the joy after all the suffering at that time, i want you to understand that this ATM CARD is real is not like the one you have see before OK just trust me okay .
As at the moment, I am very busy here because of the projects which I and the new partner have at hand. Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the priest on your behalf to receive that money, so you get in touch with him and he will send the amount to you without any delay.
Here is his email address again (revfatheremmanuelmanu2@gmail.com)
Call Line : +234 7080847673

MR.KENNETH HOWARD.

 

 

While writing this I was listening to " Circles Around the Sun (Live)" from "Ain't No Trip to Cleveland: Vol. 1 (Live)" by "Dispatch"