My Hero, The Black Widow Catcher. Just before my mom died in 1967 my father came to my first grade class for Career Day. His mission? To talk about being a doctor in the Navy. Unfortunately, a black widow spider…
“I Did Nothing Special. I’m just an Ordinary Person.”
My Grandma Helen passed away last month. She was nearly 99. I had the honor of caring for her a few times in her later years, and over the course of those visits she told me about her life. This…
Ben Gibbs: “My kids are talented so I question their paternity.”
In the past two posts I’ve talked about my dad, Ben Gibbs, as part of the Grandparents Series in At Home with Cheri. Today is the final installment about my dad’s life– but not the last you’ll hear about him!…