"The Game Can't Be Won Without Practice"

Big boy football practice at one side of the field and midget boys practice at the other side. Both teams are pumped up. 10-3-2016 Perryton, Texas.

These little guys are taking orders just like the big guys. It's all about serious playing. 10-3-2016 Perryton, Texas.


I sat out on my front porch and watched the football boys practice for the next game. Such energy as I’ve ever seen. I have to admire them for their energetic effort. The coaches for the high school team gets paid well for their hard work to teach the players how to play to win, but the coaches of the little guys does it all voluntarily. What good fathers some of the little guys have. Hats off to them. I’m sure some of these little ones don’t even have a father around, but they are strong enough both mentally and physically to fit into the fighting team of football.

I gained favor today with two of the goofed-up jobs that I had been complaining about. The lumber company is fixing the door problem in the morning at no extra expense to me. The plumber came today and took care of their mistake. Just a few more corrections and I will be caught up on careless abuse by people who I paid to do a good job. I remember when we didn’t have to hassle with workers who did a job for us. Their work was done to  perfection the first time, but not so any more. What changing times we are now living in. All in all we still have a lot to be thankful for. We have the almighty hand of God to help us out. I work myself very hard to keep up with jobs that I can do, even though it takes a lot of will power to endure. I have done hard work all my life, and I can’t imagine not being able to do it anymore. I love to get the job done and praise myself for doing it. I don’t know If I inherited that trait or whether it was taught me. Probably a little of both. I had good parents who also worked hard and loved every minute of it. I wish I still had them.

I am feeling blessed to have four children of my own who have worked hard all their lives. Also six grandchildren and three great grandchildren who have hung in through thick and thin, some of which have made me very proud. I have great expectations for all of them. A few are down at this time, but I know they will get back up. I love them all very much. I am much happier now than I was a year ago. I expect to grow in peace, joy, and happiness the rest of my life. It all depends on our attitude, and I will not be taken for a sucker. I have the right to claim victory over every attempt to dismantle me. I don’t even have to miss the things that I had to give up because of my determination to stay strong in the Lord. It may have hurt at the time, but God always gives us victory in the end. He replaces all things that hurt us to give up with much better things. I thank Him so much for that.




God Bless
Myrtle Jean Sharp