by Michael Helms | Jun 7, 2019 | Opinion
Standing beneath a tent beside a freshly dug grave on a very hot May afternoon, I listened to the granddaughter of the deceased read the 23rd Psalm. After sharing how she would remember her grandfather, she comforted her family with words beyond her years that...
by Michael Helms | May 13, 2019 | Opinion
My grandfather worked 12 hours a day pushing dirt with a bulldozer when I was a boy. When he came home, he was tired to the bone. After he ate his supper, he collapsed in a chair, pulled off his boots and sat down and watched Walter Cronkite share what had happened in...
by Michael Helms | Aug 31, 2018 | Opinion
Most of us seem to have a love/hate relationship with work. We bemoan Mondays because we have to go to work, and we love Fridays because we get off of work. Yet, if we didn’t have a job, we’d be poor as dirt and depressed. It would be a major crisis for all of us. I...
by Michael Helms | Sep 26, 2017 | Opinion
I was playing outside with Mia, my 18-month-old granddaughter, a few weeks ago when a butterfly decided to join the party. At first, it just circled, to Mia’s delight. Then, it decided to land, not more than a foot from Mia’s hand. While the butterfly was...
by Michael Helms | May 26, 2017 | Opinion
Memorial Day is a day to honor men and women who went into battle but did not survive. With their lives, they paid the ultimate price. The late U.S. Army General Norman Schwarzkopf once said, “It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a...
