Tag: life
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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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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 