My last Christmas in Lebanon, Missouri, is one of my most memorable, highlighted by my favorite gift as a boy, the Nintendo Entertainment System that was the toy/gift of the 1988 season. Mom and Dad surprising my brother and I after all the presents were opened will always be the crown jewel in an upbringing […]
Twelve Days of Christmas 2025, Part VII: Christmas in Lebanon Read More »
It’s amazing how the smallest thing can unlock a memory. That happened a few Sundays ago when we decorated the family Christmas tree. Before I get to that, though, I have to say the fact that the tree was even up was stunning. My wife has been adamant about not setting it up too early.
Twelve Days of Christmas 2024, Part VI: Remembering ‘Woody’ and Lebanon Read More »
When I met Chris Woodrum, we were hanging upside down, faces red as a tomato and scared out of our minds while staring at a large group of strangers. We were 8 years old and receiving our Bobcat badges in the Boy Scouts at a ceremony in Lebanon, Missouri, where we both grew up. What
One of kind Chris ‘Woody’ Woodrum will be missed Read More »
A few weeks ago, my wife and I went on a mini-vacation – more of a trip, really – to Springfield, Missouri. Though we’d been planning the trip for several months, it ended being squeezed between two life-changing events: My departure from Metropolitan Community College and beginning a new job at my alma mater, Washburn
Webb: Home is where the heart was and is Read More »
As a boy growing up in rural Missouri, I spent hundreds of hours hitting rocks from our driveway into an open field across the highway. I must have delivered the game-winning hit thousands of times in Game 7 of the World Series, usually a long home run to right field at Kauffman Stadium. I thought
Lasting memories: Royals and rocks Read More »
