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UNCLE P’S

Pierre Fontenot August 6, 2015 Comments Off on UNCLE P’S

So Many Squeaky Wheels… And Not Enough Grease To Go Around… 1960’s, Dad and I in his pickup, first air-conditioned truck he’d owned, hand crank windows, AM radio, single cab, one big bench seat,

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UNCLE P’S

Pierre Fontenot July 16, 2015 Comments Off on UNCLE P’S

LEAVING CORRECTLY BB King grew up sharecropper poor in the Mississippi delta.  His daddy left the family when he was young, then his mother died young, so he ends up with his grandmother, but

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UNCLE P’S

Pierre Fontenot July 2, 2015 Comments Off on UNCLE P’S

The First Fathers Day Without The Father… It’s the 70’s.  We’ve just moved from the little red house in the country to a big white house in town.  Dad is in prime of life. 

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AIN’T IN THE BIBLE BUT SHOULD BE

Pierre Fontenot June 18, 2015 Comments Off on AIN’T IN THE BIBLE BUT SHOULD BE

I was just a kid when I first saw the lines, “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom

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ON THIS DAY WHEN MOTHERS ARE WASHED WHITER THAN SNOW

Pierre Fontenot June 4, 2015 Comments Off on ON THIS DAY WHEN MOTHERS ARE WASHED WHITER THAN SNOW

I’ve been loveless on Valentine’s Day, skipped church on Easter Sunday, been unthankful on Thanksgiving, felt like a bad gift at Christmas but the hardest of the Big Days was always Mother’s Day. Before

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TOO CLOSE TO GETTING GOT

Pierre Fontenot May 14, 2015 Comments Off on TOO CLOSE TO GETTING GOT

Late Friday afternoon, store still open, but no customers, I hear gulls and rush to get a slice of bread. There I am in the parking lot, wadding up little balls of bread and

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MY MOST EMBARRASSING MEMORY

Pierre Fontenot April 30, 2015 Comments Off on MY MOST EMBARRASSING MEMORY

You only get a few do-overs in life. I was underwhelming in high school and welcomed the fresh slate of off-to-college, where you can make new friends who don’t know about all-that-used-to-be stuff. I

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THE EXPIRATION DATE OF PRAYERS

Pierre Fontenot April 16, 2015 Comments Off on THE EXPIRATION DATE OF PRAYERS

I was in my uncomfortable teens and my grandfather was in his uncomfortable seventies. I needed somebody to confirm that I wasn’t as small as I felt and I guess he needed me too,

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THE CHRISTMAS OF SPRING

Pierre Fontenot April 2, 2015 Comments Off on THE CHRISTMAS OF SPRING

I’ve never understood why Jesus came before mankind had figured out morning coffee and comfortable footwear but having Easter in spring makes perfect sense. _____    _____    _____    _____    _____ Spring

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NOT PUNCHING THE GAS THROUGH THE YELLOW LIGHT

Pierre Fontenot March 25, 2015 Comments Off on NOT PUNCHING THE GAS THROUGH THE YELLOW LIGHT

I feel eyes upon me. Some percent of you have been following these stories from way back, and others joined recently, and almost all of you who will read this story have followed the

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