Category Archives: Personal Stories

These stories are true stories written about actual events that have occurred relating to me.

To Protect and Serve

Posted on June 27, 2016 by hdh

To Protect and Serve – It’s For the Birds! We recently were visiting my daughter-in-law’s parent’s farm. They have become good friends and we always visit and stay over when we are visiting our son and his wife. This farm … Continue reading →

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What animal do you want to be?

Posted on May 14, 2016 by hdh

In today’s writing group, one of the suggested prompts was, “Name an animal that you most identify with.” which is the one I chose. I debated  whether it should be a squirrel or bird or … well, you’ll see that … Continue reading →

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Z: Zoom in, Zoom out

Posted on April 30, 2016 by hdh

Zoom in, Zoom out Problem solving is an important part of life. Each time we are presented with a problem, the first decision to be made is, Do we want to solve the problem or not? We need to come … Continue reading →

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Y: You’ve lost me.

Posted on April 29, 2016 by hdh

Could you repeat that? I have a very active mind. This probably explains the highly detailed dreams I have. If I could write down the scripts for all of the dreams I have, I would have a fascinating TV show. … Continue reading →

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X: Xanadu (WR)

Posted on April 28, 2016 by hdh

Xanadu I can’t remember the word game that Christina, my wife, and I were playing when we started having a discussion of words that are known that are not in the dictionary. The word that Christina highlighted in this discussion … Continue reading →

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W: What do you want to be when you grow up? (WR)

Posted on April 27, 2016 by hdh

What do you want to be when you grow up? When I was about 7 years old, I made a card for my mother for Mother’s Day. Unlike nowadays where teachers have their students create all of these elaborate cards … Continue reading →

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V: Voices (WR)

Posted on April 26, 2016 by hdh

Voices – Are you making fun of me? I grew up with an ear for music. I could hear a tune and then figure out the notes on the piano in our house. I even taught myself how to play … Continue reading →

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T: Teachable Moments (ES)

Posted on April 23, 2016 by hdh

Teachable Moments It was March 15, 2001 and all students were off from school for Curriculum Development Conference Day for teachers. We all gathered in the auditorium of the high school for the keynote speaker, Dr. Steven Sobel,  a motivational … Continue reading →

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S: Substitute – Are you available? (WR)

Posted on April 22, 2016 by hdh

We Need You! When I retired, I decided that one thing that I didn’t want to do is become a substitute teacher as some of other retired colleagues had become. I was going to work on my storytelling career and … Continue reading →

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R: Relax (WR)

Posted on April 21, 2016 by hdh

Chill out! Just Relax What is it that you do to relax? What to do and when to do it are important choices that you have to make in order to have a stress free life. For me it depended … Continue reading →

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