We all had a hand in this creation

STRETCHING THE BUDGET                                          Getting married young has many disadvantages but, with some luck, you can survive the early years and come through smiling. Dave and I married when he was twenty and I nineteen.  At the time Dave was serving an apprenticeship that started at fifteen and ended when he turned twenty one.  This meant […]

  A Great Father’s Day His son had left home while still in his teens. After 18 years he found himself reduced to begging for change from people on the street. Circumstances had left him homeless in Philadelphia, and destitute for the last year. He tapped a pedestrian on the shoulder and asked for a […]

7 June 2019 May I impose upon your good nature for a few lines of thanks to all those who donate blood? Having now had my second transfusion in two weeks, and knowing that four donors were likely involved, I am most appreciative of your selfless, life-saving contribution to our society. Whether you donate once […]