Earlier this year, I handled a case for a 17 year old boy who had been involved in an automobile accident. The accident was not his fault, but the police officer found a reason to give him two traffic tickets. The boy’s mother called my office and scheduled an appointment. Prior to the accident, her son… Read More
There is one question I’ve been asked more frequently during the past year than any other question that’s ever been asked of me: “Are you on Facebook?” For those of you who are interested in knowing the answer, it’s… No. As I am with everything else, I’m very curious about the whole Facebook phenomenon, but at this point in my life, I would have to steal the time from more important activities in order to get up to speed on how to use it. After… Read More
I want to thank everyone who responded to my request to pray for my mom. Her heart surgery (double bypass) was successful and, although it took a couple of days to get her pain under control, she is making very good progress and should be released to go home early next week. She was originally taken to the hospital at around 5 a.m. on Friday (November 13) after experiencing chest pains during the night. On Friday evening when I stopped by her room… Read More
It happened on a Friday during the third week of August, 1975. I had loaded up my car to go off to college. At the age of 18, I was excited about the challenge that was ahead of me. I went into the house and told my mom I was leaving and she walked me to the door. I kissed her goodbye and tears started streaming down her face. She didn't say a word. She just stood there looking into my eyes. And the tears kept on flowing.… Read More
On a Saturday night in March of 1999, at around 11:30 pm, the telephone rang. Our children were all home so my first thought was, “I wonder who that is? I hope everything’s alright.” It turned out that everything was not alright. Georgette answered the phone and it was one of my relatives. She said that my cousin Harry LaHood was in the hospital and it didn’t look like he was going to make it. We rushed to the… Read More
