An Intimate Exchange With Dad – Part 3

This post begins Part 3 of a series of interviews with my dad. If you have not yet read the first two interviews that cover Questions 1-3,  you may want to start first with them. Question 4 . Would you consider yourself more curious, more explorer, or more adventurer? “I always wanted to know what …

An Intimate Exchange With Dad – Part 1

Dad and I spend several days a week together--mostly tending to his daily needs, but often just sitting at the kitchen table (like he and mom used to do), while he eats, drinks, or reads his morning newspaper and then we meander on into the living room so he can raise his legs up in …

An Intimate Exchange With Dad – Part 2

I hope you are following this series of interviews that I conducted with dad. If you have not yet read the first interview that begins with Question 1, I suggest you read it before moving forward. Question 2. What did you love to do in junior high school? "When I was 13 and 14, I …

Short on Compassion and Humility?

Our 27-year-old grandson, Andy, is a dedicated and hardworking young man who works two jobs to pay for his recent home purchase. His parents raised him to be God-loving and to have compassion, humility, and integrity in all things. Andy, like all my grandchildren never cease to amaze me in their daily lives and stories …

A Son’s Love of His Father

The video below was created and posted on Facebook on November 5, 2019, by my son-in-law to commemorate the 97th anniversary of his dad's birthday (William Lyle McDaniel III). Brian's dad left our world on February 13, 2006, but he also ingrained his values and love of family on him and others whose lives they …