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I have written about this before, but I struggle with expressing myself verbally. I have difficulty using the right words to accurately describe what I am thinking. The problem is not related to my advanced age, as I have had this problem all my life. I tend to offend and confuse others, rather than clarifyContinue reading “Speech Malfunction”

I come from a modest background. My family lived in a lower middle class house in the typical suburban sprawl of the 1950s in Southern California. Neither of my parents held high paying or high level corporate jobs. We weren’t poor, by any means, but we didn’t have the luxuries that many around us had.Continue reading “Lifted Up”

This morning I planned to walk to downtown. I got about a mile from home and couldn’t remember if I had closed the garage door. Since my wife was sleeping at the time, I thought it was important that I go check the garage. The round-trip was two miles, but checking eased my mind. NowContinue reading “Plans for Tomorrow”

Last week I did some interior house painting. I could only paint for half a day, because I simply tired out. In fact, I got so tired that I was weak for a couple days. Now I was never a great athlete, but I used to have much more stamina than that. Age has takenContinue reading “Weakness of Age”

We have all seen demonstrations of awesome power. Men compete in the World’s Strongest Man competition every year, moving and carrying amazing amounts of weight. Men and women exhibit powerful fetes in crosstraining. Every day laborers seem to move mountains to build, create, and secure tall buildings. We get used to seeing these amazing fetesContinue reading “Real Power”