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The Day I Took Fight
My mom practically raised six kids on her own. As I have shared before our dad was a Merchant Marine. Dad went around the world seven times in both directions. While he experienced exotic countries and cities mom lived a life that was filled with difficult times. She managed this even when she was sick,…
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A Wish and a Tragedy
In April 1965 the Hickey family’s adventure on Dewberry Lane came to an end. The house at 2103 was for sale and the Hickey’s could not afford to buy it. So, we moved to 1216 Trimm Ave on the other side of the Strawberry and became renters, again. I was so upset that we were…
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The Moment
I joined the Sam Rayburn High School Choir my junior year for the wrong reason. There was a girl, same reason I started going to church, that I was interested in dating. The only problem was she ended up in the girl’s chorus, and I was put in Concert Choir. The choirs DID NOT meet…
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Crisco
I blame the movie Da Vinci Code. If I hadn’t seen the car driving backwards through the streets of Paris, France I probably would not have known such a car existed. I wanted a SMART car, or as many have commented “half a car”. In October 2007 when SMART brought the car to Tulsa, Oklahoma…
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A Lesson in Compassion
The Hickeys were considered lower middle class in socioeconomic make up of Pasadena, Texas. We had just enough to not be classified as dirt poor, but we were close. Our mother did her best to care for her 6 children given our father’s salary (Merchant Marine) was not substantial enough to cover all the needs…
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A Glimpse of God
I have a very dear friend with whom I have very widely different political beliefs. It just so happens I was given the gift of also being his minister. We have gotten into some heavy discussions, in private, about our preferred candidates. These discussions never evolve into name calling or hateful comments. Once we each…
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My Gentle Giant
All the losses of childhood friends from Dewberry Lane have been painful, but not as painful of the loss of my gentle giant, Thomas Edward Cayton, Jr. Edward was the oldest of the three Cayton boys . He was born September 11, 1950. So, on Wednesday Edward would have been 75. The other two…
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Ice Cream Connection
There are more special people in my life that I will share with you, but there is one connection that has to do with being first at the new Baskin-Robbins in Pasadena, Texas. By this time our family’s time on Dewberry Lane had come to an end. Our landlord wanted sell 2103 Dewberry Lane and…
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THE MACHINE
Growing up the privilege of drinking pop, soda or Coke, whatever it was called in your neck of the woods, was rare. The only time I drink pop was when I went to my Uncle Ed and Aunt Jo’s or to the restaurant in Corpus called Ship Ahoy. When we came into Aunt Jo and…
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