I admire my little brother. He is an independent young man and an amazing artist.
After graduating from La Junta High School in 1998, Cody Miell moved to Denver to attend the Art Institute of Colorado. He has been in Denver ever since, living on his own, supporting himself and showcasing his talents.
My parents should be proud of the child they raised. But maybe the one life lesson they forgot to teach him is the little things in life (those that are physically smaller than a human being) can’t really hurt you. It took him over 30 years to figure it out.
Christmas is the holiday when we celebrate the birth of our Savior with friends and family singing Christmas carols, decorating Christmas trees, sending cards to those near and far, hanging colored lights form the roof tops of houses, proudly watching our grandkids take part in the Christmas programs at school and church, shopping, cooking; there’s always many things to do.
California is different. I am not referring to the increase in humidity and water and decrease in altitude and mountains kind of different either; it is like another world. Before I left for college, I went through the process of bracing myself for a culture shock because going anywhere far away from Fowler is going to do that to you, whether you attend a college in northern Colorado or western Texas. I did not realize that the culture was going to affect different aspects of my life than I had anticipated.
One of my favorite childhood Christmas memories was going up in the hills to cut two Christmas trees; one for our house and one to wrap in a gunny sack and ship to our Oklahoma cousins who didn’t have the money to buy one.
It was my first Thanksgiving after my mom moved out and I was all about cooking up a great meal. I was 16 years old at the time.
We were just going to have a small dinner, my dad, my brother and myself. I’d been to the grocery story and bought all the ingredients to make the most fabulous first Thanksgiving dinner that anyone could. The plans were all made and we decided that noon would be a good time to have the dinner.
So that morning, about 9, eager with excitement and anticipation of cooking my first holiday meal, I reached into the freezer to pull out the turkey to thaw.
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