The 3 Word Journal

During the celebration of the 150th year of Texas’ independence from Mexico, I took my family to visit the San Jacinto Battlefield where this freedom was won. As we walked through the museum built on the site, my eye caught an old, worn looking flag. The caption under the flag read, “This is the flag [...]

I had a very embarrassing moment while serving as a member of a Boy Scout Committee. One of our responsibilities was to meet with boys who were going up for rank advancement. After meeting certain requirements the boys were called in and asked several questions to see if they were ready to advance to the [...]

 When I was in the ninth grade, I wanted badly to be a basketball team. I didn’t make the school team but our church had a team that all were welcome on. Almost every day after school, I walked down to an outdoor basketball goal that was placed at the end of a cement slab [...]

I always thought it would be great to have a home with a little land with it. That is until we bought a home with almost three acres of yard. It turned out to be a huge headache and I spent much of my free time moving that yard. One day my father-in-law felt sorry [...]

I was asked as scout committee member to accompany a group of scouts on a river rafting trip in the Texas hill country. We were to camp on a Friday night and then spend all day Saturday on the river. Upon arrival, three other adult leaders and I started setting up the tent we had [...]

 Brandi was very excited. She was a popular cheerleader at her high school and she had been invited by her best friend to go to a large amusement park in Houston, Texas. This outing would be a going-away party for her friend, whose family was moving soon. She ran into the house to tell her [...]

While working for a company that sold business products, I received a call from one of my customers who was furious with our service department. She informed me that she had called for service on a copy machine on two different occasions and that no one ever came out. Their work had backed up because [...]

By Kim Detmer
My family and I had just moved back to Utah from Arizona.  I was sent to a middle school across town because of boundaries, so 2 years later when it was time to head to High School it was like starting all over again.  I didn’t know very many people and the school [...]

By Tara Collins
We have an unconventional pet. Living in a suburban town within close proximity to all our neighbors, we are surrounded by people with dogs, cats, hamsters, and fish. Our youngest son is allergic to dogs and I’m not fond of cleaning up after them, so a dog has been a distant wish for [...]

By Garrett Alan Oleen
The winter of 2004/2005 was right in the middle of a difficult time for me personally. I was working nearly 40 hours a week at a job that was only supposed to be part-time. I was a supervisor at the UPS facility in Belton, TX and I traveled 43 miles to work [...]