Tag: fiction
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Before Dewberry Lane
Before I get too far from Fannin Street (Corpus Christi) I want to share some of those memories I have of some very special friends , Mary Weigelt, Butch (Lawrence) Weigelt, Harlan (Sonny) Womble and Peggy Womble. I had a crush on Peggy. It seems there is a theme of me following in love with my…
-
A Blessing: The Davidsons
My biological father, John Gilbert Anderson, left us when I was 2 years old. My mom remarried Michael John Hickey, and he took us in to be his family. Michael Hickey, as I shared earlier, was a merchant marine and was gone all the time. I learned that his father was an alcoholic and very…
Hickey Theology 