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Hold my phone and watch this. Troy Keiser We forgot sunscreen and got sunburned. Police funding dropped, major crime increased. Miami condo collapsed, nine confirmed dead. Horse bucked. Cowboy rode. Won prize. Heat wave hit. Air conditioner quit. Warden girls won champion in overtime. China released virus concerted the world. Daren Flynn Monica's amazing chickens lay golden eggs. Clancy pitched no-hit, no-run game. Daren writes trucking and family poems. Seasons come and seasons go yearly. Sisters eagerly escape home every summer. Canal swimming easily becomes dangerously deadly. Ryanne and Alicia started a got-a-way campfire. Spectacular shooting star-watching is a treat. Myrna Flynn Never trust an elephant with it. Bob always knew he was special. The cheese did not stand alone. Never trust a spy without glasses. It wasn't the end after all. Mic dropped and he walked away. And they died from the noise. BY: Ryanne Leavitt Once a man now a demon. Karen loved, was...

  Dad Provider, Instructor, Leader,  Protector, Writer, Creator. Father Family Author Tough Helper Eternal Reliable  May 31, 1992 Carrie Flynn Daddy Father, we look to you And see how you treat our family We learn by example And you’ve given us an excellent one. You spend Many nights away But we know you’ll soon be home. You’ve taught us about Life, families, and God. Yu’ve done so much for us And on this - your day… I want you to know  How much you’re loved. So, Daddy, as you travel Down toes long roads just think of your family And our never-ending love for you. As time goes by, And all of us grow up, We’ll take what we’ve learned And use it in our own families. Thank you Dad. You’ve done a good job with the  Children Heavenly Father Has given  you to raise. I love you Daddy, Your CarrieLu! May 19, 1997 Carrie Keiser Reflections of a Trucker’s Kid You use to have pic...

 “Buying bread from a man in Brussels.  He was six foot four and full of muscle.” Every time John heard the song by Men at Work he couldn’t help but think it could have been about him.  John stood at six foot seven and he was certainly full of muscle anyway.  Well at least that was his normal height but now as he slipped through the darkened streets of his hometown shuffling past the now shuttered RiteAid its blacked out windows seeming to reflect the darkness of his thoughts John found himself thinking back to the beginning of his odd journey.   March 16th just four days after his birthday John had woken to an odd buzzing that seemed to grow stronger as he listened but when he tried to focus on where it was coming from the sound would quickly fade away.  After five or six minutes or maybe it was an hour, John couldn’t really tell, he decided it was time to get up and investigate the sound.   With sleep still holding him tightly in its embrace John s...

What’s The Coolest Thing You’ve Ever Seen? Carrie Keiser  What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever seen? That was the question for this week's story. I’ve thought about this all week. I think it’s a matter of perspective and age.  Had I been asked this right after I went with Jody, Doug and Nancy Robert to Yellowstone for the first time, I would have said Yellowstone National Park was the coolest thing I’d ever seen. It is a very cool place. Had you asked me in 1987, I would have said seeing the Pacific Ocean for the first time was the coolest thing I’d ever seen. The ocean is an awesome sight, and the power behind water is amazing.  Had you asked me after our trucking trip to Illinois, I would have said Nauvoo, Lake Michigan and the Gateway to the West Arch were the coolest things I’d ever seen. If you had asked me after my first flight in a plane I would have said seeing the world from the window of a plane is the coolest thing I had ever seen.  If you had a...

  Mother Daren Flynn 5-6-21 "Mom, the kids at school said I look funny," I said as I ran into the house. Mom turned to me with a look of empathy and held her arms out. tHen holding meant looking into my eyes said, "You do look funny, Daren." That didn't do my self esteeming good. My Mom agreed with the kids who teased me and said I was funny looking. Tears began to well up in my eyes. Mom continued to hold me and as she studied my face her gaze changed from empathy to a look of intent curiosity. After examining me for what seem to me a long time, Mom said, "Daren, you have no eyelashes. That's why you look different." I don't know, to this day, why my eyelashes fell out. I'm sure Mom took me to the doctor to fund out why, but I can't remember. They eventually did grow back and I was no longer "funny looking". at least, no more than normal. ALTHOUGH mom didn't think I was funny looking, she did care about how I looked. I re...