Good Stories that Light the Way

Tag: inspirational stories

  • ODE TO MY SISTER KATHY WALDEN ON HER 60TH BIRTHDAY

    By: Patricia Francis Good On this the occasion of your 60th birthday party, I wanted to reflect back, for a moment, on one of the many significant contributions of your life. Perhaps you have no idea how your life has affected others. The particular point I’m about to make is one that I have thought…

  • DADDY & THE HONOR GUARD

    Friday Honor Guard Squad (Dad second from left) Dad with one of the last remaining Doolittle Raiders My father, Richard J. Francis a/k/a/ Dick Francis, joined the Friday Squad of the Ft. Sam Houston Cemetery (all-volunteer) Honor Guard (Memorial Service Detachment-MSD) on November 5, 2004 in San Antonio, Texas when he was 84 years old.   …

  • PAT’S STORY – THE EARLY YEARS

    From left to right: John, Janet, Pam, Pat, Kathy, Mike, Millie, Dick Francis When I was a little girl, I thought I would live forever.  I thought my parents would live forever and everybody around me was expected to live a very long, long time. At a fairly early age, I came to know the…