Posts Tagged family
May 5, 2013 at 1:08 pm · Filed under Family, Mostly true, Some truth to it, Stories ·Tagged children, family, fear, flashlight, funny, holding the flashlight, humor, old man, old truck, story
There were times I literally lived in fear of my dad. At the time, it wasn’t fun, and it darn sure wasn’t funny, but now, looking back, some of the things that took place were a bit humorous in a terrifying sort of way. This is one of them: Read the rest of this entry »
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April 16, 2013 at 8:32 am · Filed under Bad Stuff, Good stuff, Mostly fiction, Poems, Some truth to it ·Tagged family, love, Peace, poem, rainbow in the dark, rainbows, story
I posted a story version of this on Saturday, but here’s the original poem—one of many I’ve written for Sherry. She’s been my inspiration and number one fan for 18 wonderful years. I’m a lucky, lucky man! Read the rest of this entry »
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April 13, 2013 at 7:14 am · Filed under Bad Stuff, Good stuff, Mostly fiction, Some truth to it, Stories ·Tagged family, fear, love, Peace, Shelter, storms, story, the angry storm, torndoes
The wind roared as black clouds raced in, and we ran—your hand holding tight to mine—toward the shelter door in the backyard. I was not afraid, because… I was with you, and that is all that matters. Read the rest of this entry »
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April 6, 2013 at 7:07 pm · Filed under Family, fun stuff, Poems, Random Thoughts, Some truth to it ·Tagged at a loss for words, Dallas Cowboys, Dandy Don Merideth, family, good old days, humor, Ken stories, little brother, little brother stories, star-struck
Y’all might have noticed, I love telling stories about my little brother, Ken. This one is about Ken’s encounter with a celebrity; he’s always been kind of the star-struck sort, and as you will see, he is, at times, at a loss for words. (NOT!) Read the rest of this entry »
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April 1, 2013 at 5:55 am · Filed under Some truth to it, Stories ·Tagged Albuquerque, April fools, author, Be Still.... and know that I am God, Charles L. Mashburn, events, family, good old days, humor, laughter, little brother, pranks, writer
As many of you know, I take great delight in making people laugh. What most of you don’t know is there was a time when I considered this day–April 1st–a National Holiday. Yes, April Fool’s Day, when I was in my jokester prime, was my favorite day of the year. Just ask my little brother… Read the rest of this entry »
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March 20, 2013 at 7:47 am · Filed under Mostly true, Poems, Stories ·Tagged Charles L. Mashburn, children, family, playing, toddler
We achieve many milestones in our lives, but learning to walk, then moving about the world of our own power, has to be among the most awesome of those “steps”. I wrote the following in story form a couple of years ago, and present it now in a poem. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 3, 2013 at 9:02 am · Filed under Family, Mostly true, Random Thoughts ·Tagged family, God, love, Lupus, mom, pain, prayer, sister
God called me last night. Strangely, He sounded a lot like my little sister. The conversation was brief—she just called to say she loved me—but it was one of the best calls I’ve ever received. Read the rest of this entry »
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December 25, 2012 at 6:18 pm · Filed under Good stuff, Inspiration, Poems ·Tagged Charles L. Mashburn, Christmas, family, Jesus, poetry, the best Christmas ever
Some of you have seen this poem, but most of the dVerse crowd hasn’t so I’m going to re-run it again. It’s not quite true this year, as Sherry and I are alone on Christmas day for the first time in many years. Mom and Ray have been spending Christmas at our house for close to ten years, and this year they aren’t here. We did get to spend the weekend with them and it was a wonderful couple of days, but the visit was cut short by an approaching storm, and we went our separate ways on Christmas Eve morning, so they could get back to Oklahoma City before the snow started flying. I hope everyone had a great Christmas! Ours was–as usual–the best one ever! I love you, Sherry! Read the rest of this entry »
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December 11, 2012 at 8:48 am · Filed under Family, Good stuff, Mostly true, Poems, the good old days ·Tagged author, Charles L. Mashburn, children, family, good old days, good times, laughter, love, mom, popcorn, sacrifice, soda pop
We weren’t poor when I was a kid, but we didn’t have many luxuries either. The thing is we never gave it much thought, because there was somebody looking out for us who did her best to see we had everything that was within her power to provide. To this day, she doesn’t realize how powerful she was and still is. But we do. Read the rest of this entry »
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December 2, 2012 at 4:09 pm · Filed under Family, Mostly true, Stories ·Tagged Charles L. Mashburn, childhood memories, family, good old days, http://kellieelmore.com/2012/03/30/fwf-your-one-amazing-summer/, just an old boat, lake, story, uncle marvin, water skiing, writer
I wrote this in story form a few years ago, but it fits this week’s dVerse Poet Pub’s “Poetics” prompt, so I poeticized it this morning. The dVerse prompt was titled “Missing You”, and if there’s one thing I miss more than any other, it’s the good old days and those fun times with my aunts, uncles, cousins, and the rest of my extended family. We’re scattered all over the country these days, and it just don’t seem right. Read the rest of this entry »
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