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Life lesson #1: Don’t lie, especially if you aren’t good at it

I remember my first lie. I was a toddler. My idea of fun at the time was running a circle through our lovely 70’s style Ranch. I made a track from the living room, to the hallway, then the kitchen, and back to the other side of the living room. I was fast too. Just fast enough to brush a lamp off an end table. I didn’t realize it fell until I made the circuit again.

Lap 20. “Hmm,” I thought. “ I don’t remember that lamp being on the floor.” Like Forrest Gump I kept running. While running I contemplated the consequences of the broken lamp on the floor. “Maybe it won’t be there this time through.”

Lap 21. “Hmm, still there. Maybe it isn’t really broken.”

Lap 22. “Definitely broken.”

Lap 23. Path blocked by mom. “Uh oh.” Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on January 10, 2012 in Childhood Memories, Life Lessons

 

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Redemption: 5¢

I love Coca-cola in glass bottles. I’m just old enough to remember when you could get them everywhere. My Granddaddy Harvey used to take me to C.L. Davis’ store when I was a kid. I loved going places with him. Especially C.L.’s store. He had coolers full of soft drinks in glass bottles. My Granddad let me get a Coke and a candy bar every time we went there. I remember bringing my ice-cold drink up to the counter so C.L. would pop the top for me. I’d sit on a stool and listen to all the old men tell lies to each other after paying for the gas to fill up their trucks. Those were great days. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on March 7, 2011 in Childhood Memories

 

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