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CoffeeTime: “Old Man Pain is Determined to Win”

CoffeeTime: “Old Man Pain is Determined to Win”

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 27, 2025 | CoffeeTime

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com     You are aging, every second you are alive, that is an inescapable fact. And right along with that joyous and party-mood-making pronouncement is another fact. Multiple years of aging most always brings on a...
CoffeeTime: “Just put it on my tab”

CoffeeTime: “Just put it on my tab”

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 20, 2025 | CoffeeTime, Uncategorized

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com     Two elderly sisters, one widowed and the other never married, were living together. They had decided the year before that because the oldest owned her house, the younger should leave a rented apartment and move...
CoffeeTime: “Green Bean Cans and Eternity”

CoffeeTime: “Green Bean Cans and Eternity”

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 13, 2025 | CoffeeTime

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com     Where does a person go after death? We need to understand one thing from the beginning. When you draw your last halting shallow breath on this earth, from that point on, you are winging it on your own, with no...
CoffeeTime: “Basketball Referees and God”

CoffeeTime: “Basketball Referees and God”

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 6, 2025 | CoffeeTime

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com     While watching our teen-aged son play four years of high school basketball games years ago, we both noticed an absolute truth; Our son could not seem to grasp that he wasn’t able to block every shot that was put...
CoffeeTime: The Recipient of the Flying Shoe

CoffeeTime: The Recipient of the Flying Shoe

by Mississippi Monitor | Feb 20, 2025 | CoffeeTime

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com You are a caregiver. That very much over-stressed, over-worked and under-appreciated person who along with probably many others, holds the anonymous title of WORLD’S MOST PATIENT PERSON. There are likely very few families...
CoffeeTime: “Hobbled Milk Cows and Tethered Horses”

CoffeeTime: “Hobbled Milk Cows and Tethered Horses”

by Mississippi Monitor | Feb 13, 2025 | CoffeeTime

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Recently sidelined, I know how a hobbled old milk cow looks at life, or what a horse tethered to the fence feels. Imprisoned, caged, confined. Stuck in one place with absolutely no say in the matter. And it is not fun....
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