The First Independence Day
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
Last Monday morning while I was driving to the office, I turned on the radio to listen to the morning news. The big story of the day was the death of Robert Byrd, the record holder for longevity in the United States Senate. Byrd died at the age of 92, and was a senator for the state of West Virginia for 51 years. I’m 53 years old, so Byrd won his first election to the senate when I was 2 years old. That’s a long time ago. With the… 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…