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I have read that when one gets goose bumps while listening to music, it is actually the body's "fight or flight" response due to the intense emotion brought on by said music. There are a lot of songs that generally g…
This year started off pretty good. In January, Christopher had his 23rd birthday and I received the Royal Arch degree in the York Rite. That was a very nice degree. February was pretty uneventful. In March, I attended t…
As of November 1, 2018, I am a formal member of the John Sevier Chapter of The Sons of the American Revolution. Now, it is time to start working on those supplemental applications. I am curious to see how many more Amer…
I have discovered a pretty remarkable organization called Team Rubicon. The organization focuses on disaster response and is absolutely free to those recipients of said response. One of the headings on their "Our Missio…
Wow! What a rough weekend! This past Friday, something happened that would change my life. To stop speculation, I am still married, everyone still loves each other, no one died, kids are okay, everyone is still in schoo…
Okay, if anyone is looking for a tough genealogy problem to solve, here it is: Puzzle Piece #1: My grandfather's name is Leon Eugene Barber. His father is named Alden Burt Barber. Leon has a brother, Harold, and a sis…