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Strength

     One of my greatest pleasures in life is getting to see my nephews succeed.  No matter if its in school, work, football, cattle, or just life in general.  This is my nephews senior year in school and it seems like only yesterday that they were running around screaming laughing and jumping on beds.      Over the years we have all had to summon inner strength that has helped us move forward in life.  We find that strength in many different forms.  Some find it in friends, some find it in faith, others find it in family.  I am one of those people that finds it in all three.      When the boys were younger, their personalities formed quickly and very independent of each other.  I think what is funny is when they were younger, we really expected their personalities to veer into certain directions.  As they get older, they actually have followed that path pretty well.  They always surprise me more and...

I am Tired.

     This seems like a an off title to my next blog.  I have always tried to write about whats on my mind and topics that I believe that matter the most to me and to others.  Right now this is what is on my mind.  I am Tired.      This can be a very open ended statement.  Why am I tired you might ask?  Well here are a few items: I am tired of listening to people in D.C. tell me they know what is best for me in Pottsboro, TX.   I am tired of adults always acting like they are in grade school and blaming a problem on someone else.  I am tired of people taking advantage of other people just because they can or think its ok.  I am tired of the government thinking they know everything about everything when they know nothing about anything.   I am tired of news organizations preaching like what they say is the gospel without even caring if they are preaching the truth.  I am tired of people believing tha...