Michael Jackson asked the man in the mirror to change his ways. Remember, change begins with you. As a society we spend a lot of time blaming everyone else for the choices we make but until you can see yourself as you really are you will not be able to make that change. Please know…
It’s Friday night in Westlake, Louisiana, in the fall. Football! The band is in the band room dressed and ready to march out. Yet before we line up to fill the air with musical sounds an important detail must be completed. The band director, Mr. Harrell, places the tuner in the chair on the podium…
It was the summer of ‘63. What a great year! My mom was under the carport in a rocking chair pregnant with me. A neighbor from down street, Mr. Red Tillman walk up to my mom and shared these words. “From the day you’re born till you ride in the hearse, ain’t nothing so bad…