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Freedom It's hard to describe something that mostly goes on the mind of a child with special needs. We used to have a dance group at Hope made up of all children with special needs. At their dance Recital, amazing things happened. A group of 15 kids along with 21 High School kids practiced every week for this show. To the handicapped kids, there's no fear, no worry about how they look in their different costumes, no stage fright about how well they can sing, only wonder and imagi... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, February 26, 2022

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Underwear and Boots For almost 20 years we had never had a problem with freezing pipes in our house. In the few places where pipes are exposed, I've got those wires that you plug in and wrap around pipes that keep them warmish. And the most important thing we do is always remember to leave water dripping if it's going to be below freezing. We remembered that until one week when it was 14 degrees. I got up about 5am walked in the bathroom and turned on the shower... NOTHING!!! I l... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, February 19, 2022

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A little Entertainment Several years ago every Sunday morning at 6am we would put out cones and get the trams ready. There were 7 of us, "Early ConeHeads". It takes about an hour or so and it's a great time to talk and visit. It's quiet and dark and peaceful. They usually went to eat breakfast after, I had a bunch of other stuff to do…  One year there was this guy who started driving through the parking lot every Sunday at 6:45am. He drove really fast, 40 - 50... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, February 12, 2022

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The Perfect Football Tree When I was a kid my mom decided that she wanted a live Christmas tree. Not live vs fake, but really alive, roots and all. She wanted to actually plant it after Christmas. No big deal, other than it was really heavy because of the root ball. It was a nice 6 foot perfect Christmas tree. The day after Christmas she announced to everybody that we were planting the Christmas tree. My dad and brother and I looked up from breakfast for about a second with one of those ... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, February 5, 2022