Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Retirement. You have now become one of the thousands in our country that is having to leave the work-force.

Thanksgiving is just TOO much for one column so here goes another called Thanksgiving II. Thanksgiving has always ranked high on my personal list of favorite holidays and I feel a certain pain of regret when I say it is not my FAVORITE holiday.

The Thanksgiving letter My mom always taught me it was polite to send a thank you note to someone after they did something especially nice. You know the drill.

“CONSTANTLY RELIVING PAIN AIN’T WORTH IT” Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Waking up that morning, Renie heard dripping outside the house. Opened the blinds of the bedroom window and saw a soggy lead-gray sky.

Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org. This week we celebrate Veterans’ Day and it brought to mind a trip I took with my Dad years ago.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com It’s coming around again. The holiday that one person can dread like the pit of hell itself, but another family member anticipates and salivates for the previous three hundred and sixty-four days before it arrives.

Sunday a week ago, was a day that I will never forget…I was among the many that attended the 100 Anniversary of the Holdenville Church of the Nazarene. Over the years I have been privileged to attend some incredible church services, but this one is at the top of the list. From the opening special music to the final prayer, it was such a blessing.

There is a lot of advice out there for pregnant women. Helpful hints abound on everything from beauty tips to healthy eating to safety. One organization issued an alert that pregnant women should avoid close contact with sheep during lambing season. According to Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer, Mac Armstrong, pregnant women should avoid milking ewes, avoid contact with new-born lambs and avoid handling clothing or boots which have come into contact with lambs.

I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 60 years later. I don’t have to go to school or work. I get an allowance every month. I have my own pad. I don’t have a curfew. I have a driver’s license and my own car. The people I hang around with are not scared of getting pregnant and I don’t have acne. Life is great. I changed my car horn to gunshot sounds. People get out of the way much faster now.

Scott and Debbie are married friends of mine who raised three boys and a girl. One of their boys, Caleb, had was always saying funny things. One time Scott got a call from Debbie at his office telling him he should switch on the television to watch news about the Presidential prayer breakfast. “God is really present there!” Debbie exclaimed. In the background Scott could hear his four-year-old son Caleb, who was also watching the TV, ask his mom “God’s there? Which one is He, Mommy?”