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 [...]

Our family loves basketball. We try to be generally informed and follow the games at all levels. During a tight playoff series involving my favorite professional team, I was disappointed to be involved in taking care of a household chore during a critical point in the game. Seeing that Nichelle, our eight- year-old daughter, was [...]

 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 [...]

One holiday I was looking forward to a restful day off since I had had several stressful days coming into it. My wife had gotten up very early to go walking with a friend. When she got home, I was still in bed. She said there was tree limbs and debris throughout the neighborhood caused [...]

When my six-year-old cousin Casey was playing her first year of girls softball she got a hit and ended up on third base. When the next batter came up and hit the ball, Casey made no effort to run toward home plate. She just stood on base, as if nothing had happened. Seeing this, the [...]

by Naomi I gave a presentation on the importance of expressing love and received the following note after the presentation: “I am 80 years old, born into a good family. My grandmother was the daughter of a prominent leader but I never heard grandma say the word love. My mother was the second of eight [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]