Good Grief
And Other Looks Inside
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“A Soldier came to me a while ago and asked, “Colonel, is there anything you do not do well?” I was taken by the comment but responded without really thinking deeply, “I pick wives poorly!” This collection of my work has that as an unfortunate truism but the series of bad experiences, from my view, produced some really decent verse. My Physician boss, not long ago, noticed my notes and jottings and insisted that they all be collected and he paid for the initial printing! With eternal thanks to Doctor, Boss, and Mentor—here they are in three iterations. I’m pleased to share with you.
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At the University of Texas at Arlington, where I was the head of the ROTC, we had just won the national pistol championship, beating West Point, Texas A&M, and lots of other entrants. One of my soldiers came to me and asked, “Colonel, what do you not do well?” Without reflective thought at all, I replied, “I pick wives poorly.” So true. This book, however, is a collection of thoughts written to the ladies of my life from one scrap of time to the next. It is about pain, hope, anticipation, and advice to those who, hopefully, will be successful in matters of the heart, where I was not. The fault, if that is the right word, is none but my own. Welcome inside.