Simply my Thoughts By: Dean Butler
Whatever happened to families getting together? Visiting and maybe even enjoying a meal you prepared together? While the kids all played inside and out while building a bond that last a lifetime. There are still 24 hours in a day, and most of us still work 8 hours a day and have the weekend off. […]
Fifty years ago we were all grateful for the friends next door, or just down the road. Sometimes we even had friends across the country which we contacted by phone or US mail. Time progressed and social media came into play, connecting people all over the world that otherwise may have never met. Social media […]
I can’t deal with this cruel life any longer. I hate my life; I absolutely hate it. I know my life is irrelevant. No one cares, no one will miss me when I am gone. All that I can see in my life is the pain I have endured. The humility, the rejection, the hate, […]
Man or a Mouse I am sure many have heard this expression and are familiar with some of the dumb tests or challenges we would come up with to prove that we were men. I remember one very well. You would place your arms side by side so that your forearms would be touching each […]
I must have spent a couple of hours on the phone this night with a very dear and special friend. I am going to exclude her name out of respect for her privacy. We talked about so many things all starting with our discussion and similar love for Heath, my son. The stories that she […]
I cannot help but wonder why it is that we have trouble understanding and experiencing most everything in its true form until we have first experienced its opposite? How can we say we have experienced the light if we have yet to walk in the dark? We see so many taking foolish chances with their […]
It does not matter if a person or several people are killed. It does not matter if it was calculated and deliberate or an unavoidable accident. Hurting or killing more people will not change anything. It will not bring them back nor will it resolve anything. Gathering in protest, rioting, and destroying other people’s property […]
I wonder if maybe I am trapped in a make-believe world, one that only myself and very few others have seen or live in today. I wonder what happened to men being a gentleman, chivalry, respect, pride, and integrity. I could not understand why there was no place for a key to unlock the passenger […]
The stars and bars flew high when the native men, women, and children of America were massacred, raped, beaten, starved, and run from their homes. It still flies today but represents something much more than a country of child-killing, rapist, and murdering thieves. The stars and bars flew high when the atomic bombs were dropped […]
Laying on your side, kicking, spinning, swaying your arms wildly all over the place, and screaming at the top of your lungs, “NOOOOooooo, I don‘t want to “!!!! This was an action taken well past toddler age simply because you didn’t get your way. Acting a bit extreme would be an understatement. Throwing things, breaking […]