Giving Up Candy

This proves Danny is finally making conscious decisions and speaking up for himself. Finally, it is now clear that Danny is making his own choices and is more confident within

“Oh my goodness, I promise, definitely! And I’m going to miss you so much too. Maybe you can come and stay with us? What do you think your father would

“You’re telling me that you’re giving up. There is no one else that has a greater chance to cure my son besides you. You must do something!” She shouted.

“Thanks for the help. You seem like a pretty good kid,” he said as he got back in his truck.

Danny looked up at Aiko sadly. "We don't have a choice. We are going to have to fight Kai. And we need to win."

Gawain’s throat tightened with emotion. “Never. I’ll leave an offering, too. I owe much to your father. His passing brought you and your mother into my life, so I will honor him until I die.”

“Thank you, and you are one of the most important people in my whole life, and that’s why I asked you to do

“It is going to be okay, we will get through this as a family.” Mom said, softly.

January 22, 2016, I wake up at 4:45am in the morning and retrieve a bottle of sparkling water from the refrigerator. I take a few sips and then I head to the bathroom to brush my teeth and shave my face. Once I finish brushing my teeth and shaving, I then get dressed. It’s now 520am and I turn on the television to watch ESPN show Mike and Mike in the morning for 20 minutes. Its 0548 and I grab my lunch and head out to the GYM on base for a 45 minute workout. I finish my workout at 6:45am and head to the GYM showers. I am at work and its 7:30am and it hit me, I start going through my first candy withdrawals. So I decided to ignore my hunger for candy. Its 9am and that when I have my first meal so I go into my lunch bag and started out eating

“It’ll be fine, I know it will.” He said, leaving the rest of his favorite meal uneaten at the table and returning to his room. His mother nodded, forcing a smile as she proceeded to clean up. Maelina let out a long sigh and stood up, returning to her room as well. After all, she needed to pack for school, as did her brother.

Dad said, "Now close your eyes Son, and think of Jesus standing on a hill, His white robe gently blowing in the breeze, His arms reaching out toward you."

Lent signifies the beginning of spring...after all, the name itself is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word; Lencten, meaning Springtime. It's the time of year that many of us look forward to all winter long. A time where the flowers bloom and the birds begin their yearly song and dance. This is a time of new beginnings, a time where we purge what we no longer want or need, ridding ourselves and our homes of the stagnant, either physically or energetically. During this time of the year we start fresh, looking forward to the bright and sunny days ahead...

I am sure we have all seen or heard about taffy. What I would think would come to mind to most people when I would say something regarding taffy might be something concerning saltwater taffy. I love saltwater taffy. It seems that it is not in great supply around here. The only place I know of is somewhere like the cracker barrel. Needless to say I never go to cracker barrel, and it is a little more than I feel comfortable spending on candy. So I find myself resorting to a childhood favorite, laffy taffy. It is sold everywhere, and it is very inexpensive. I really started to like it when I played baseball as a kid. After the game I would always try to pump mom or dad for a few cents to stock up. It never made it home. I would somehow eat my entire entire stockpile. Whoever came up with the idea of putting jokes inside the wrapper is a very rich man. I could not help but to try to unwrap one more. The way the jokes where printed on the wrapper was very smart too. They would put one joke half way on the wrapper so it made me want to know the end of the joke, genius really.

He looked around, then asked his mom where Dad was. She choked a little before explaining, “Dad’s really busy right now with saving more people, like the men who rescued you.”

“Sure, Death, I got you,” Glenn said, sounding sincere. “It’s just that, this is all new to me and it’s a little overwhelming. I guess I got carried away.”