Category Archives: Old Age

Memorial Service

Posted on 2017/06/30 by JimR, Chaplain

Last evening I attended the Memorial Service for virtuous woman I’ve known since 1977.  Mrs Carolyn Cox Rand, wife of Nathaniel Rand, who preceded his wife in passing a couple of years ago. I met this couple when I had … Continue reading →

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Waiting For You

Posted on 2017/05/30 by JimR, Chaplain

Sift my ashes Through your fingers Let the wind take them away. Of me, this is all that lingers. Let me settle in the grasses That which may. Becoming a part of the earth For the rest of days Body … Continue reading →

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My Grandparent’s Home

Posted on 2017/03/16 by JimR, Chaplain

Once upon a time in a seemingly far away place I picture standing on my grand dad’s and grandmother’s front porch at the steps looking through the line of crepe myrtle trees out to the main dirt road.  There were … Continue reading →

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Totally Awesome

Posted on 2015/12/16 by JimR, Chaplain

The way I feel sometimes is totally awesome. Sounds clichéd? Well, maybe, yes. But, still the same, that’s how I feel. Now, why would I say that? It’s not about the absolute pinnacle that I am. HA! Not even close. … Continue reading →

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FOOLISH POSITIONS IN LIFE

Posted on 2015/11/06 by JimR, Chaplain

As I’ve reached sixty-five years of age I found some things in life are foolish. One of those things that became foolish to me years ago was trying to make someone realize they were living down a wrong path. I … Continue reading →

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Comfortably Numb

Posted on 2015/06/10 by JimR, Chaplain

Some may recognize the subject title as the name of a song by Pink Floyd. Libby and I were talking last evening about life in general and I said that I had learned to not let things bother me like … Continue reading →

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Ramblings of an Uncommon Nature

Posted on 2014/10/30 by JimR, Chaplain

Thursday morning, 30 Oct 2014. Libby is “singing” in the kitchen. I don’t know if “Whoa, oh, oh, oh counts as such, but it is melodic. Running water in the sink helps, I suppose. I have Fiesta to my left … Continue reading →

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My Freedom

Posted on 2013/10/20 by JimR, Chaplain

Watching the leaves in the trees As they come falling down Turning from green to brown Every moment now I must seize. Life holds so much more today Than any point in life Lot’s to do past midlife Allow me … Continue reading →

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Quiet Sunday

Posted on 2013/04/28 by JimR, Chaplain

It’s a cool, quiet Sunday.  Except for the pain in my neck and ears, it has been a very enjoyable day, even though I spent most of it in bed with heat on these parts.  I just know I’ll end … Continue reading →

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Jars of Memories

Posted on 2012/11/21 by JimR, Chaplain

A little old lady shuffles across the floor passing her dogs which lie peacefully on the rugs scattered about the old home’s otherwise bare hardwood floors.  She carries in her heart this day the memories of life experiences that fills … Continue reading →

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