I'm saved

I was baptized at the First Baptist Church in Beaumont in 1962.  I remember the first time we pulled up to the church, I was accustom to small rural churches, this place was huge and grand and consisted of several buildings connected all very modern and Eisenhower I was overwhelmed.  Afterwards I thought I had to act like the Virgin Mary that is a high standard to live up to.

Glenn at the pet store

Nona and Glenn were the coolest hippie couple in St. Landry Parish.  One day they went to Doral's Pet Store. Doral's was the top of the line pet shop in the area.  They were walking around the shop and everytime Glenn walked by the parrot it would say "Pet Me".  Even though there was a large sign on the cage saying "Don't pet me parrot", Glenn could not resist.  As he reached for the cage the parrot started squalling and yelling "Help POLICE HELP POLICE.  Glenn said he could hear Nona cackling from across the store.

either too old or too stoned

nothing to say just cannot figure out how to delete this page

Why I don't cry at funerals

Why don't I cry at funerals?.  Because you are not suppose to cry for yourself.  Funerals are for the living, the dead have moved on to a much better place.  Now is this because I am autistic or because I was raised by an autistic mother?   ummm more questions to ponder

I just thought that was how life was

I just thought that was how life was.  How could I know pain was not the norm?

It's all just shit

Sometimes I think my life has been a replay of the scene in Shawshank Redemption when Andy Dufresne was beating on the sewer line.

A Trip Through Life

This afternoon I took a run into town,  as I was merged on to I-49 south I noticed flashing lights in my rearview mirror.  I didn't worry because the speed trap is the next exit north and I know better.  You do not speed on I-49 north of Opelousas.  It turned out to be an ambulance from Natchitoches, there were two cars following real close, I figured it had to be family.  One car was a late model sedan with a Florida plate with a young man driving it and you could see he must have had all his belongings in that car, the backseat was packed to the roof.  I bet he came in because some one was ill.  I thought to myself that poor family, there must have been someone so ill they were having to transfer them.  I got so emotional my eyes started tearing up.  They kept heading south and I took the first exit into Opelousas.  After running my errands that were more an excuse to get out of the house than anything and as I was pulling back on to I-49 north heading home the DJ on the radio was talking to a young girl that had a song request for her fiance.  The DJ started asking the young lady about her story.  Turns out the couple met when the girl went on a family vacation to the Azores.  While there they visited her father's best friend that had stood as his bestman 25 years ago.  Turned out the friend had a son.  Well long story short, the couple hit it off and he gave up everything he had and moved here to be with her.

So on one little trip into town I experienced the best and worst of life.