Archive for the ‘Teens’ Category

You Know You’re Getting Old When…

Friday, March 9th, 2007

It’s no surprise that we’re getting older every day. At this stage in my life, I’m actually glad to have every day I do. It’s when someone from your past comes up to you and says, “Ms. Cook, do you remember me? I was in your group of middle school students at Great Falls!” that […]

I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

I grew up knowing all too well what coal was. Let’s just say coal and I were “up close and personal.” You see, we used it for our main heat source in the front of our home. The structure was an old Camp Croft army barracks my mother and father bought after the camp closed […]

Characteristics of a Successful Grave Digger or What Do You do for a Living?

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

I know this man that digs graves.  Yep, that’s his main source of income. Ever wonder how someone gets into that line of work?  Did he follow in his father’s footsteps?  Did he work for the highway department and decide it was better to dig graves than ditches? All kidding aside, I can tell you […]

If Bubba Can Dance (I can, too!)

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Did you learn to enjoy physical education as a youngster? Where did you learn that? Out in the yard with the kids? At school? From your parents? Or are you one of those couch potatoes that would rather be inside all the time in the comfort of the air conditioner and nearby the frig? There’s […]

Alyssa Lies

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

There’s a country song, Alyssa Lies, that’s pretty popular right now. Jason Michael Carroll sings it. He sings of a daughter that comes home from school and says her new friend, Alyssa, is lying at school. She says she lies in the classroom and she lies to the teacher. Her father brushed it off at […]