Glenn January 31, 2024 at 5:01 pm on Ask Us Anything!I went through a rereading phase in my thirties and forties but not so much now. My current answer would be the Bible. Forty years ago I reread authors, Tolkien,...
Linda Files January 29, 2024 at 6:04 pm on Ask Us Anything! With the exception of numerous children’s books that I have reread many, many times to children, I very seldom reread other books. Occasionally I’ll reread one I read years ago...
Alan Files January 29, 2024 at 1:55 am on Ask Us Anything!What book have you reread the most?
Natalie Carretto November 7, 2023 at 3:31 am on Anniversary WallHappy Anniversary! Thankful for the marriage example you have set for your kids and grandkids!
Ryan November 6, 2023 at 5:47 pm on Anniversary WallHappy Anniversary! Hope you're each having a Blue Hawaiian to celebrate!
Lesley November 6, 2023 at 3:26 pm on Anniversary WallHap-hap-happy anniversary! Hope y'all are having a great time celebrating! 
Preston November 6, 2023 at 3:16 pm on Anniversary WallHappy anniversary Mom and Dad! Happy you got together and are still together! Congratulations! 🍾 
Elizabeth Day November 6, 2023 at 2:51 pm on Anniversary WallHappy anniversary!!! Hope y’all have the best day!!! Linda September 1, 2023 at 9:45 pm on Ask Us Anything! During all my years growing up, it was always our family’s practice to attend church every Sunday at the Episcopal church, except during the summer, when we’d “take a break”...
glenn August 29, 2023 at 6:10 pm on Ask Us Anything!My mother was a non-practicing Jew who shared very few thoughts about religion. My father on the other hand was a fully subscribed Catholic who went to church, confession, and...
Linda August 3, 2023 at 4:38 pm on Ask Us Anything! I really enjoyed going away to nursing school and it was a wonderful experience in many ways, although certainly with many challenges. It was exciting to live in another city (St....
glenn files July 28, 2023 at 9:08 pm on Ask Us Anything!Elizabeth asks about my Executive program stay at Harvard in 1989. It was a 3 month, six day a week resident program. The class size was 100 with 45 from...
Linda July 28, 2023 at 5:03 pm on Ask Us Anything!No, never knocked on doors.
Linda July 28, 2023 at 5:03 pm on Ask Us Anything!I don’t really recall having a mentor per se. I really learned a lot from Jan Dargatz’ Bible classes and if I had a question, asking Jan became my go-to refrain...
Glenn June 29, 2023 at 3:19 pm on Ask Us Anything!At camp I was 23, an Army veteran. I was older and more experienced than almost everyone else on the staff and there was an obvious (to me) void of...
Glenn June 29, 2023 at 3:11 pm on Ask Us Anything!My mentors were often work people who mostly found me. Pavi Thomas would also qualify and he has been my pastor/mentor. I wouldn’t use the term “mentor “ but your...
Glenn June 29, 2023 at 3:07 pm on Ask Us Anything!Not the door to door variety but on Metro Relief outreaches I have asked “Do you know Jesus?” questions
- Elizabeth Day June 29, 2023 at 2:38 pm on Ask Us Anything!Mom, tell me more about nursing school. What were your favorite and least favorite classes? How much time did you spend in the classroom vs the hospital? What were your...
- Elizabeth Day June 29, 2023 at 2:37 pm on Ask Us Anything!Dad, where did you live when you did the Harvard program? What were the classes and your classmates like? Did you eat in the dining halls?
Linda April 30, 2023 at 10:22 pm on Ask Us Anything! The most significant story to me personally, happened when I was working in the ICU. A female patient came in who was heavily under the influence of drugs. I was in...Glenn April 22, 2023 at 3:41 pm on Ask Us Anything!This isn’t something that I would have thought of without a prompt but my mother was a practitioner of the silent scowl. I don’t remember any of our children being...
- Preston April 22, 2023 at 2:03 pm on Ask Us Anything!Mom, what are some of your best nursing stories?
Linda April 5, 2023 at 11:12 pm on Ask Us Anything!I have been thinking about this question, but cannot recall any physical mannerisms either of my parents displayed. However, I do recall my grandmother "twiddling her thumbs" when she would...
Glenn March 8, 2023 at 5:04 pm on Ask Us Anything!I think my mother and father left Hawaii when I was just six months old. I don’t remember hearing what the transport was like in 1948. Maybe Linda heard from...
- Elizabeth March 8, 2023 at 4:25 pm on Ask Us Anything!Dad, do you know how old you were when your parents moved from Hawaii to Mississippi? How did you travel? Plane?
- Linda Files October 24, 2022 at 8:55 pm on Ask Us Anything!I remember once when I was a child of about 8 or 9, walking through a store with my family and asking my father to buy me some toy, and...
glenn October 17, 2022 at 2:44 pm on Ask Us Anything!I won't go into the nuanced difference between concern and worry. Growing up there were often "needs" that we didn't have the money for. This was such an understood reality...
Glenn October 5, 2022 at 12:32 am on Ask Us Anything!I’m good at teaching interpersonal practices and behaviors. I’m not good at teaching technical procedures or actions where there is a “right way”. I like to teach navigating nuisance and...
- Linda Files September 27, 2022 at 12:08 am on Ask Us Anything!Not really that I can say for sure. I don’t know if my role is more that of one who “plants or waters”, rather than one who ‘harvests”—or if that’s a...
- Linda Files September 27, 2022 at 12:08 am on Ask Us Anything!I feel like I’m fairly good at teaching the Bible, and I really enjoy talking about and teaching Scripture. I like to teach people about some things I know, since...
Glenn September 25, 2022 at 5:47 pm on Ask Us Anything!Alan asks about the AEP bible study. This will be a long answer! In 2002 I was still a pretty new Christian, in an important job (over 5000 employees reporting...
Glenn September 25, 2022 at 4:22 pm on Ask Us Anything!Natalie asks about leading someone to faith. One caveat, often doing the things/ saying the words that lead another to follow Jesus might not include being present at the exact...
Glenn September 21, 2022 at 8:49 pm on Ask Us Anything!I’ve not been through nearly as many studies as your mother. I came to Christ so late in my life that I started “doing” more than learning. Two favorites come...
Linda Files September 21, 2022 at 8:10 pm on Ask Us Anything!I’ve been in a lot of different studies, and each offered special aspects and interests to me at various times in my life. Some of my best memories were of ones...
- Linda September 2, 2022 at 10:28 pm on Ask Us Anything! In considering this, I think I have multiple chapters—too many to write about here, since there would be one for each child born, one for each relocation to a new...
Glenn August 31, 2022 at 10:09 pm on Ask Us Anything!Preston’s question presents two challenges. There is no definition for life “chapters” and it is impossible to accurately dissect what affects a marriage. That aside, I think this will be...
- Preston August 30, 2022 at 11:26 pm on Ask Us Anything!How do you feel you have changed in each "chapter" of your life? And how did it affect your marriage?
- Linda Files August 25, 2022 at 9:42 pm on Ask Us Anything! I think Glenn has given an accurate summary of our styles and what evolved into our different spheres of influence in our lives together in which we tended to each...
- Linda Files August 25, 2022 at 9:34 pm on Ask Us Anything!I have always thought of knowledge as the accumulation of facts—“book-learning” as they used to say, which gives factual understanding of how things work in the world. Wisdom, on the other...
Glenn August 22, 2022 at 12:21 am on Ask Us Anything!I have thought a lot about knowledge and wisdom. For this post my definitions are: Knowledge: gathered and rationalized information Wisdom: actionable plans using knowledge, timing, and probable outcomes I...
Glenn August 22, 2022 at 12:00 am on Ask Us Anything!Natalie asks about our not so obvious arguments. Several answers: linda and I both have some passive aggressive style issues so the silent treatment is a too common weapon in...
Glenn June 20, 2022 at 8:56 pm on Ask Us Anything!One of the blessings of aging is the honest gift of unmemory. I can vaguely remember that it happened for a few days but I can’t remember the specific details....
Linda Files June 20, 2022 at 8:18 pm on Questions You Didn’t AskThat morning, I was at a Women's Aglow meeting in Lawton, Oklahoma where we were living at the time. A woman came out on stage to interrupt the meeting and...
Linda Files June 20, 2022 at 8:04 pm on Ask Us Anything!I don't feel like I do many especially kind things really. I suppose going on two mission trips to Honduras might be considered my most kind acts, especially the first...
- Elizabeth Day June 16, 2022 at 7:23 pm on Ask Us Anything!What was up with the picketers outside our house in Plano?
Glenn June 11, 2022 at 2:02 am on Ask Us Anything!Not an easy question! Kindness should be measured by the recipient. In Corpus Christi, Abilene, and Columbus I was promoted to replace incumbents in each case before they retired. I...
Glenn June 11, 2022 at 1:39 am on Questions You Didn’t AskI don’t have any especially strong memories of the Challenger disaster. I remember it was a work day and that we got access to tv coverage right after it happened....
Glenn June 11, 2022 at 1:32 am on Questions You Didn’t AskLinda asked about things golf. Here are highlights: At my best (1984ish) I had a +2 handicap. My best rounds were -7, 64 or 65 several times. I was club...
- Linda June 8, 2022 at 8:29 pm on Questions You Didn’t AskFrom a historical perspective, I thought you might be interested to know our remembrances of the day the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on Jan. 28, 1986.
- Linda June 8, 2022 at 8:27 pm on Questions You Didn’t AskI would like for Glenn to list the golf positions and clubs where he's been involved, important tournaments and/or courses he's played and any comments or impressions from those experiences....
Linda Files May 21, 2022 at 12:38 am on Ask Us Anything!My aunt, Lucile Reilly (my father’s sister), had died on Dec. 27, 1979, and my father was working on going back and forth from Tulsa, Oklahoma to Beatrice, Nebraska several...
Glenn May 19, 2022 at 6:26 pm on Ask Us Anything!Linda and I have had one IRS audit. It occurred after I retired, probably 2007 in Ohio. I was working full time as a volunteer at Heritage Church. Since 1994...
Glenn May 19, 2022 at 5:53 pm on Ask Us Anything!OK clocks. Perhaps the best frame for how things have changed is found in the language we have used for communicating current time. The term “o’clock” short for “on the...
Ryan May 19, 2022 at 5:26 pm on Ask Us Anything!Dad, Tell the story about when you were audited. Mom, Tell the story about when we were stranded in a Nebraska snowstorm.
Linda Files April 27, 2022 at 6:33 pm on Ask Us Anything! One big difference from when I was growing up and today, is that it seemed all the clocks and watches were primarily analog displays rather than digital displays. There was some...
Linda Files April 26, 2022 at 2:11 pm on Ask Us Anything!I don't mind small talk and feel it serves a very useful and necessary purpose when meeting new people and making them feel comfortable while getting to know them. It...
Glenn April 18, 2022 at 11:44 pm on Ask Us Anything!After 35 years of being paid a fortune to participate in near constant discussions, I don’t even like “large” talk any more. I watch most of my TV muted and...
- Linda April 11, 2022 at 11:05 pm on Ask Us Anything!Yes, absolutely. Here are just a few that come to my mind: 1.) I’ve always loved the smell and sound of rain, going back to when I was about 8 years...
- Linda April 11, 2022 at 11:04 pm on Ask Us Anything! It’s always hard to see those you have always known as vibrant and strong decline physically, and that was the hardest thing, although certainly a natural part of life. One...
glenn April 11, 2022 at 10:32 pm on Questions You Didn’t AskLinda asked that I document Board positions: 1982-84 Wilburton Oklahoma -Chamber of Commerce Board member (elected before we moved to town having met no-one) -Chairman of Chamber Board 1984-85 McAlester...
glenn April 11, 2022 at 9:25 pm on Ask Us Anything!The answer is yes. The problem is that I can't catalog them for recall. Here is one example, I may add others later if they seem appropriate: Early during the...
glenn April 11, 2022 at 9:08 pm on Ask Us Anything!Alan asked about taking care of parents and I'm sure there are hidden implications about what taking care of me will entail but I'll try to answer without agenda. Linda...
Linda April 9, 2022 at 12:19 am on Questions You Didn’t AskI would like for Glenn to list the board positions he has held--when and where if possible.
- Elizabeth March 6, 2022 at 12:06 am on Ask Us Anything!These answers were worth the wait! Thank you!
Glenn March 5, 2022 at 11:28 pm on Ask Us Anything!Inspired by Linda, I will also revisit Elizabeth’s 2019 question. My answer will be 1 or2 sentences about each of you and 1 or 2 examples that support my belief....
llfiles@hotmail.com March 5, 2022 at 9:18 pm on Ask Us Anything!Elizabeth had asked me to describe each of my children individually, and at the time she asked, it seemed best to me to not try to describe individuals since, as...
Glenn March 5, 2022 at 2:56 am on Ask Us Anything!I have been drawn to the parable of the talents (Minas) found in Matthew and Luke’s gospels. Although there are different interpretations of the exact meaning, I see a clear...
llfiles@hotmail.com March 4, 2022 at 10:35 pm on Ask Us Anything!Growing up, the story of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” somehow came up a lot in our family, which taught us not to lie and sound false alarms, I guess. I...
Glenn February 21, 2022 at 1:30 am on GivingThere are a few recent conversations that I’ve had that indicate that I need to supply some additional detail. Linda and I have donated about $1,500,000 to The Community Foundation...
Preston February 16, 2022 at 11:00 pm on GivingOk, so here's my pitch family. There is absolutely no pressure or ill thoughts on anyone directing their funds to another charity, but this is an immediate cause I am...
Glenn February 15, 2022 at 2:32 pm on GivingCommunication with siblings and in-laws is a very good thing. “Lobbying” is an unusual form of dialogue. The standard should be that any information or request should be fine as...
- Preston February 15, 2022 at 2:11 pm on GivingIs lobbying others to give to your donation charity of choice as well encouraged or discouraged?
Linda February 14, 2022 at 11:08 pm on Ask Us Anything! Growing up, I never liked watching sports on television nor listening to games on the radio. My first recollection of viewing sports on television was seeing snippets of boxing matches...
Glenn February 14, 2022 at 7:34 pm on Ask Us Anything!All sports have changed from primarily a game to almost exclusively a business. Even the stars of the 70’s and before played like they owed more to the game than...
Linda January 25, 2022 at 12:43 am on IN-PERSON Ask Us Anything!50th Anniversary Dinner "Ask Us Anything" transcription from video--July, 2021 —took place after the 50th anniversary dinner and after the showing of Ryan’s video that he made for the occasion....
- Linda January 24, 2022 at 9:33 pm on 50th Anniversary Ask Us AnythingFL big House In-Person Ask Us Anything Session Transcribed from video 1:03 What did you like to play with your sibling when you were a kid? Linda: She had such...
- Linda January 24, 2022 at 9:33 pm on IN-PERSON Ask Us Anything!FL big House In-Person Ask Us Anything Session Transcribed from video 1:03 What did you like to play with your sibling when you were a kid? Linda: She had such...
Glenn January 22, 2022 at 1:17 am on GivingI’ve added a new comment that you should see.
Glenn January 21, 2022 at 4:11 pm on GivingAll, Here is a January 2022 update. Our 2022 family giving plan will stay the same as I proposed with one exception. Instead of having 6 families giving $20k each,...
Linda January 20, 2022 at 5:59 pm on Ask Us Anything!Ha ha--probably not--that long would really break the internet. I like Glenn's idea if you were to do anything. 🙂
Glenn January 20, 2022 at 1:32 am on Ask Us Anything!I would opt for 50+, with a count up clock
- Preston January 19, 2022 at 11:27 pm on Ask Us Anything!Should I change the website name and countdown to Glenn & Linda's 100th Anniversary?
- Preston January 19, 2022 at 8:14 pm on Giving Passwordtest comment
Glenn January 2, 2022 at 7:46 pm on Questions You Didn’t AskPart 1 https://youtu.be/7o4uIvdg2Zo Part 2 https://youtu.be/RnsPI2qREiU Part 3 https://youtu.be/zMom2PostNc Part 4 https://youtu.be/NR5OTJpV17s - Linda January 2, 2022 at 7:43 pm on Questions You Didn’t AskI had asked Glenn to tell about his business career with the changing positions he’s held during the various moves we’ve made, and also the volunteer positions he held when...
- Linda January 2, 2022 at 7:35 pm on Ask Us Anything!My mother told that story that after I was born, the doctor came in and told her that I was fine, except I 'had a small hole in my head',...
- Linda January 2, 2022 at 7:31 pm on Ask Us Anything!I would agree that those recipes Glenn mentioned are 'classics' in our family. To those I would add 'Raspberry Pizza', "Asian Chicken Salad", "Spiced Tea", "Deviled Eggs", "Split Pea Soup",...
Linda January 2, 2022 at 7:13 pm on Ask Us Anything!I had heard this term used by my parents throughout my childhood, in a rather light-hearted sense, to mean some unknown physical ailment. I see in the dictionary, "epizootic" actually...
Linda January 2, 2022 at 7:08 pm on Ask Us Anything!No, I don't have any desire to do that.
Glenn January 2, 2022 at 7:00 pm on Questions You Didn’t AskSince my retirement from AEP in September of 2005 I have had two phases of activity. When I was ramping up to retirement I told a lot of people that...
- Linda January 2, 2022 at 7:00 pm on Questions You Didn’t AskI asked Glenn to recount how he has spent his time since his retirement from his business career at American Electric Power in 2005? What joys and what challenges has...
Glenn January 2, 2022 at 6:57 pm on Questions You Didn’t AskThis is one of those events that I have a cloudy memory of, probably some memories that come from the sixth floor museum here in Dallas, probably some suppression. I...
- Linda January 2, 2022 at 6:56 pm on Questions You Didn’t AskI was in the eighth grade at Orville Wright Junior High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when President Kennedy was shot in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. I remember, my math...
- Linda January 2, 2022 at 6:56 pm on Questions You Didn’t AskYou didn't ask about our remembrances of the day President Kennedy was shot, but thought you might be interested from a historical view.
Glenn December 28, 2021 at 3:05 pm on Ask Us Anything!My second toe had nerve ends that the nail did not protect so stubs or having my foot stepped on were torture level uncomfortable. In the early 80’s I had...
Glenn December 28, 2021 at 2:59 pm on Ask Us Anything!I’m not much of a recipe person. I prefer the one offs but Eve’s chili, spinach and artichoke hearts and hot chicken salad come to mind.
Glenn December 28, 2021 at 2:29 pm on Ask Us Anything!I don’t remember hearing it so I don’t know.
Glenn December 28, 2021 at 2:28 pm on Ask Us Anything!No, it’s that simple
- Elizabeth Day December 28, 2021 at 2:25 pm on Ask Us Anything!Would you go to space if given the chance?
- Elizabeth Day December 28, 2021 at 2:24 pm on Ask Us Anything!Where did the term epizooti for sickness come from?
- Elizabeth Day December 28, 2021 at 2:24 pm on Ask Us Anything!What are your favorite Files family recipes?
- Elizabeth Day December 28, 2021 at 2:24 pm on Ask Us Anything!Dad, when and why was your toenail removed?
- Elizabeth Day December 28, 2021 at 2:24 pm on Ask Us Anything!Mom, what was the story with the hole in your head at birth?
Glenn December 20, 2021 at 9:26 pm on Ask Us Anything!I remember the moon landing very well I watched the landing in the enlisted men's club in Freiburg Germany while drinking German beer with a hundred or so other soldiers....
- Linda December 20, 2021 at 7:47 pm on Ask Us Anything! That’s a great question, and I should be able to remember more distinctly about it since it was so significant. I was 19 and a senior in nursing school at that...
- Glenn December 20, 2021 at 7:10 pm on Questions You Didn’t AskFor Linda and me finding out about the 9/11 attacks was a shared experience, albeit one where we have memory differences. I know that before the attacks we left Columbus...
- Linda December 20, 2021 at 7:09 pm on Questions You Didn’t AskOn September 11, 2001, Glenn and I were traveling to a business convention when we got a call in the car from Glenn‘s boss that a plane had flown into...
- Linda December 20, 2021 at 7:09 pm on Questions You Didn’t AskYou didn’t ask us what we remember about Sept.11, 2001, when the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City were attacked and collapsed.
- Elizabeth Day November 6, 2021 at 2:36 pm on Anniversary WallHappy 50th anniversary!!!!!!!!!!
Linda November 6, 2021 at 1:29 pm on Anniversary WallThank you so much for the video—loved it! And so love each of you!!!
- Preston November 6, 2021 at 1:19 pm on Anniversary WallHappy 50th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Lesley Medina November 5, 2021 at 10:49 pm on Anniversary WallOmggggggg, it’s almost here! I can smell it!
Linda October 29, 2021 at 5:28 pm on Ask Us Anything!In thinking about today’s world, although not really a trend, I find the increase of knowledge available due to the internet is helpful in so many ways, i.e. in availability...
Glenn October 29, 2021 at 4:31 pm on Ask Us Anything!I believe that there is a God thread through time and space that weaves things together. One minute before seeing Alan’s question I asked Linda if she had finished a...
Alan Files October 29, 2021 at 2:55 pm on Ask Us Anything!What's a trend in society that excites you or gives you hope?
- Linda October 7, 2021 at 8:11 pm on Ask Us Anything!My biggest concern against it would be if it seemed like it was giving glory to me when it should be giving glory to God. That said, in the church in...
- Glenn September 15, 2021 at 7:11 pm on GivingAll, I have just received verification that the 2020 family giving that I told you about in Orlando has been completed. This year Linda gave $50,000 to Operation Blessing (the...
Glenn September 3, 2021 at 2:10 pm on Ask Us Anything!Generally I’m in favor of vice (at least in moderation). Society doesn’t have a brain much less a conscience. I hate it when I violate my own standards. A better...
Glenn September 3, 2021 at 2:01 pm on Ask Us Anything!If it would help the organization we gave to, ok. Otherwise no thanks
Linda June 30, 2021 at 8:34 pm on Ask Us Anything! I see the definitions of ‘vice’ as closely related to ‘sin’. Both are defined as ‘immoral or wicked behavior’, with the main difference being that ‘vice’ is behavior that breaks...
Linda June 24, 2021 at 8:00 pm on Ask Us Anything!Thanks, Alan, for your very interesting question. I had never really thought much about duty myself, although I always thought that my mother was very focused on 'doing her duty',...
Glenn June 18, 2021 at 5:44 pm on Ask Us Anything!Here are my thoughts about duty. I believe that one has duty to obey laws of those places where they are resident (federal, state and local). The penalty for ignoring...
- Linda March 8, 2021 at 8:13 pm on Ask Us Anything! The fear of the Russian Communists taking over the USA was very prevalent around me as I was growing up in the 1950s and 1960s. Since the USSR also...
Glenn March 5, 2021 at 8:28 pm on Ask Us Anything!The 1950's and 1960's were a wierd time to be a young person. There was a significant risk of nuclear war with both the US and the USSR having enough...
- Linda March 3, 2021 at 5:01 pm on Ask Us Anything!Ken-Mont Ken-Wood Camp in Kent, Connecticut -- Summer of 1970 Where Glenn and Linda met--Linda was one of 6 camp nurses and Glenn was teaching tennis
Glenn Files February 14, 2021 at 2:59 pm on Ask Us Anything!John and I always shared until I went to college and then the army. I don’t even remember having ever thought about anything else.
- Linda February 14, 2021 at 3:12 am on Ask Us Anything!Yes, all of my growing-up years until Kay went to nursing school, but she still came home most weekends since she went to nursing school in Tulsa.
Alan February 14, 2021 at 3:01 am on Ask Us Anything!Did you share a room with your sibling growing up?
- Linda February 4, 2021 at 7:08 pm on Ask Us Anything!I'm probably forgetting some things, but here are some hobbies and skills I've pursued at various times that come to mind: Knitting—learned when I was about 12 Model boat making—in...
Glenn February 4, 2021 at 4:34 pm on Ask Us Anything!I started working on golf clubs in the early to mid 90's in Abilene. I bought grips and club components and built a few clubs that never turned out to...
Alan February 3, 2021 at 2:39 am on Ask Us Anything!What are skills or hobbies you picked up after your 30s (or the journey of your hobbies through the decades)?
Alan February 3, 2021 at 2:38 am on Ask Us Anything!Dad, when did you get into modifying golf clubs?
Glenn December 27, 2020 at 4:52 pm on Ask Us Anything!True golf story. Clearly the best round of golf I ever played happened in 1988 in the final round of the "Scissortail", the annual member/guest two day tournament held at...
Alan December 27, 2020 at 1:39 pm on Ask Us Anything!Dad, what is the best game of golf you ever played (I figure there might be more of a story around this than the double eagle, or maybe the best...
Glenn December 11, 2020 at 8:57 pm on Ask Us Anything!I was in the bast shape of my life at the end of my 1st year in the Army. I was in good shape going in but at 20 in...
- Linda December 11, 2020 at 4:55 pm on Ask Us Anything!The best deal that comes to mind was a silent auction item I bought for $20, since I was the only one that bid anything on an item described as...
- Linda December 11, 2020 at 4:54 pm on Ask Us Anything!It was probably when I was a senior in high school. I had been doing synchronized swimming for about an hour every school day throughout my high school years, and also,...
Glenn December 8, 2020 at 9:06 pm on Ask Us Anything!Hands down!! I paid $15 (I think)for an Oklahoma marriage license. ROI has been infinite.
francine December 8, 2020 at 6:53 pm on Ask Us Anything!pilgrim’s progress is one of my all time favorites 🙂
- Linda November 22, 2020 at 1:23 am on Ask Us Anything! My overarching reaction to being an American is deep thankfulness. Even with its faults, I have never seen any better system of government or place that affords the the wealth...
Glenn November 21, 2020 at 9:39 pm on Ask Us Anything!here is my answer about being an American: For almost 250 years America has been the pinnacle of freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and justice in the world. I am extremely blessed...
- Linda November 11, 2020 at 8:05 pm on Ask Us Anything!Here's my list of some of my favorites: #1 impactful book to me is the Bible—What I have learned though is that it’s very helpful to pray before starting to...
Glenn November 10, 2020 at 6:03 pm on Ask Us Anything!Alan, There is an answer to a similar question about songs and books over a year ago. I'll do a refreshed version here. The Bible isn't boring and is a...
Preston November 6, 2020 at 2:34 pm on Anniversary WallHappy 49th Anniversary! Glad you guys got together! Are we at the 50th yet?
Linda October 26, 2020 at 6:50 pm on Ask Us Anything!These are the similarities and differences that come to mind with regard to my sister: Similarities: We have a very similar sense of humor. We share the same spiritual beliefs....
Ryan October 26, 2020 at 3:25 pm on Ask Us Anything!This is good. I want the longer answer when time allows.
Glenn October 26, 2020 at 1:45 pm on Ask Us Anything!This question could spawn either a very long answer or something much shorter. I'm going shorter: John and I share athleticism, patience, independence, looks (I'm told), hairline, and value of...
Glenn October 24, 2020 at 12:22 pm on Ask Us Anything!I like chocolate especially dark and semi-sweet. I do like gum drops and will have two or three occasionally. All in all, I probably prefer ice cream or brownies.
Linda October 22, 2020 at 3:04 pm on Ask Us Anything!My favorites are Smarties and semi-sweet nonpareils (the flat chocolates with white sprinkles on them.
Linda October 7, 2020 at 7:15 pm on Ask Us Anything!Here are some recurring dreams I’ve had in the past: —When I was working as a nurse, I used to have dreams in which I was working and things...
Dad October 6, 2020 at 3:00 pm on Ask Us Anything!Not much of interest here. I’ve had some recurring “I’m going to be late and I can’t get it together” dreams and some “I’m about to fall” dreams but I’m...
- Linda August 18, 2020 at 7:47 pm on Ask Us Anything! Growing up, our family always gave regularly to the church, and tithing was mentioned, but generally that seemed like a far-off goal in the Episcopal church that wasn’t commonplace. I was...
Glenn August 18, 2020 at 2:55 pm on Ask Us Anything!Alan, In my pre-Christian life I was predisposed to be somewhat generous coming from an upbringing that helped me understand need. Over the past 20+ years I have felt much...
Glenn August 7, 2020 at 1:07 am on Ask Us Anything!Similar to Linda, not much to report. I had only one grandparent (Gee’s mother) who I only remember seeing a few times, one Aunt (Betty) who I also saw only...
- Linda August 7, 2020 at 12:47 am on Ask Us Anything!I only have two first cousins, Bill Fraley III and Dianne Veitch—the children of my mother’s brother, Bill Fraley Jr., and they are 9 and 13 years younger than I am...
Glenn August 5, 2020 at 1:11 am on Ask Us Anything!What she said! Being clearly delivered to Heritage sure feels like a pure God thing. Also having a new Gateway campus in the neighborhood we selected in Frisco feels ordained....
- Linda August 4, 2020 at 11:20 pm on Ask Us Anything! As you know, I grew up in the Episcopal church and Glenn and I were married in that denomination, and each of you children were baptized as babies in...
- Linda August 3, 2020 at 9:10 pm on Ask Us Anything! No, I have not given out tracts that I recall, and instead have felt most prompted to outreach, evangelism and discipleship in the areas of teaching and hospitality. Besides facilitating Alpha...
Glenn August 3, 2020 at 2:26 pm on Ask Us Anything!Alan, I'm not surprised at your question but my answer is different than I would have given without reflection. As you know, The Bridge in Columbus is a very passive...
- Linda July 14, 2020 at 2:49 am on Ask Us Anything!Yes they are— 😄— You are very observant, Alan!
Glenn July 13, 2020 at 4:09 pm on Ask Us Anything!Glenn wanted this posted as his favorite photo. This was taken on Oct. 16, 1970, Linda's 21st birthday, in Tulsa, OK.
- Linda July 13, 2020 at 3:24 pm on Ask Us Anything!Phantom of the Opera would be first followed closely by Les Miserables. I first saw Phantom on a trip to New York City with Glenn, Ryan and Natalie in March,...