A More Devastating Problem The most devastating problem for blacks is the very weak black family structure. Tim Scott (a Black U. S. Senator for South Carolina) wrote, “If you have two parents in the household, you reduce poverty in the African-American community by 85%. That’s a stunning truth that needs more oxygen.” The absence of a […]
Category: Short Stories
JENNY AND MIKEY
I was 57 when my wife, Jenny, died. Loneliness overcame me like a barren winter day when she passed away. She was the only one I ever loved. As our marriage made it through the years I just knew she would be the only woman I would ever love. But now I was alone. Our […]
THE LITTLE LAMB
I wrote this story when my kids were much younger. The reason it is separated into acts is because it was used as a Christmas play at our church. Act One(Joseph is working at his workbench just in front of his carpenter shop) Someone had just yelled out, “When do you plan on leaving?” Joseph […]
JIMMY
Jimmy lay on his bed crying. They were not the usual tears of a ten year old boy. They were not tears because he had been scolded. They were not tears because he did not get his way, or because his sister had once again gone too far with her teasing ways. They were not […]