“Serving overseas as a small-town boy in America has been intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt , Matt’s Mishaps Were you traumatized by swim lessons as a kid? My parents for many summers sent me to the local public pool to try to learn…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy in America has been intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt By: MATT’S MISHAPS Overseas, I do a lot of our grocery shopping as many stores do not have parking lots. It is easiest for me to pick up…
Matt’s Mishaps “Serving overseas as a small-town boy in America has been intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Funerals can be times to reflect on tragic death that happened before we thought it was time. Other times, funerals are like family and friend reunions…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy in America has been intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt A Trap of Many Sizes There seems to be a perpetual tension between man and critters. My dad has a perpetual war with chipmunks. Despite our best efforts…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy in America has been intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Mis-scheduled Milestone On turning fifty years of age, AARP sent me information to join their ranks of old folks. I am now half a century old and considered…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt People are More Territorial than Dogs I have many favorite running routes along sleepy country roads around small-town America. However, I get shaken awake on the sleepy road when…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Cold Soup House Do you have a dreaded home project? I just spent an hour at our overseas, neighborhood paint store buying another paint brush and a new bucket…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Squirrels and Reindeer My trusty pump-action BB gun and Marlin .22 rifle brought me many squirrels in mosquito ridden woodlots around my county. I learned early how to reproduce…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Misplaced Mishaps It is an unspoken pride that we small-town Americans are pretty good at practical and well thought through placement. Placement of things is a big deal. Whether…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Against US Army policy Our son had been through basic training and was in the final stages of training to be a US Army Cavalry Scout when his Christmas…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Kerosene and Mice There is a country song that goes, “Seventeen, you don’t think that much about life, You’re just livin’, Like kerosene dancin’ around a fire, But you’re…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Navigating by GPS (Good People Service) On a snowy afternoon when I was around 16 years old, I learned how important it is to have good people around…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt When is it my turn I think we might start out in life with more patience than we get when we are older. Waiting seems harder for adults, except…
