by Kevin Burton Four mouths to feed on a Sunday morning. Four heartbeats on the second floor. It’s the morning after the big move and our two new cats seem to be at home already. Yes, two new cats. Making their Page 7 debut today are Ronnie and Gabbie. That Ronnie is …
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Love Blooms On A Greyhound Bus
by Kevin Burton Must be true cause it couldn’t be fiction. I found this love story in The Guardian newspaper online. Those of you looking for that special someone take note, and get your Greyhound bus tickets. This is the story of Andy, an artist from Glasgow, Scotland and Becky, a mother …
“Grandpa Kev” Just Doesn’t Sound Right
by Kevin Burton My wife drove like a grandma ever before she was one. I said this to her in person long before I said it to you in print and I assured her it was no putdown. In fact I mean it as the highest of compliments. What does a grandma …
Four Birthday Wishes And One Deferred
by Kevin Burton My generous wife made an offer some weeks ago. Really it was a demand. Tired of my elusiveness about what I wanted for my birthday, she requested in the strongest of terms, a list of five things that I wanted (see Five Bows On Five Boxes, Holy Smokes!, July 17). …
Your Time To Speak Up For Jesus
by Kevin Burton Not all Christians need to major in public speaking. But does the Bible not require at least a minor? You’ve heard the one about people fearing public speaking more than death? That makes being in the casket at a funeral preferable to giving the eulogy. And yes, there is …
Prayer Needed For Tough Family Decisions
by Kevin Burton I went literary on you last Friday. Hope that was OK. I wrote about my mother moving to an assisted living facility and the parallels for that move and my move to the Ohio State School for the Blind as a fourth grader in 1972 (“Love, Tears And Doing The …
Love, Tears And Doing The Right Thing
by Kevin Burton This is a story about a boy and his mother. The mother has thought things through. She will push through the pain. She is doing the right thing. She is resolute. The big house on the corner? The boy will be leaving that now. He will be back on …
Life Lessons From A Loving Family Man
by Kevin Burton I think of Herb Beauchamp and I keep coming back to the IRS term, “head of household.” Tomorrow is Father’s Day. It will be the first for my wife Jeannette without her father Herb. He is still very much alive in a lot of ways that truly matter. Lessons taught, …
Fitted Sheets, Fitting In, Second Chances
by Kevin Burton You could call me a fitted sheet, with unquestioned utility, but hard deal with at times. Hard to come to grips with. I maybe don’t slip snugly into one of your convenient boxes, the ones that take that edge off, keep it all tidy clean. Surely you’ll never, ever …
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My Wife’s Father, At Home In Heaven
by Kevin Burton Herb Beauchamp stood up and gave his daughter away nine years ago on my wedding day. He was a giver until the day he died. I am not the only one in his debt. The day he died came this week not as a surprise, but as a shock …
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