Tag Archives: growing up

Way Back Then and There

Posted on February 14, 2026 by Doc Arnett

Plowing in between those low hills, turning red clay into planted fields. Green sod furrowed into dirt, long flumes behind the plow showed our work. We sweated in those brick-kiln summers, studied each blister with aching wonder. Stacked hay high … Continue reading →

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Blessed Beyond Belief

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Doc Arnett

Realizing that I can choose any one of three bathrooms in our house made me remember we didn’t even have an indoor bathroom! So many things to be grateful for… Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Humor, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged appreciation, bathroom, expectations, family, gratitude, growing up, home, negative thinking, outhouse, Todd County KY | Comments Off

Indian Summer

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Doc Arnett

One way of feeling more grown up is doing the work of grown-ups. Funny how the privileges are more appealing than the responsibilities, eh? Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged adolescence, ear corn, growing up, harvest, Indian summer, maturity, old days, rite of passage, shoveling corn, work | Comments Off

Charlie Two Shirt Helps with the Hay

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Doc Arnett

A nine-year-old who will walk three miles of gravel road to help a neighbor haul hay could amount to something some day… maybe. Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Farming, Humor, Work | Tagged growing up, hay, hay hauling, Kentucky, Roy Morris, Todd County KY, work ethic | Comments Off

Hunting the Easter Money

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Doc Arnett

Finding gifts that we never outgrow takes a bit of imagination. As anyone who has discovered grace will tell you, the looking is worth the effort. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Humor, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged children, Easter, Easter egg hunts, Easter eggs, Gage Reed, grace, grandchildren, growing up, Hunter Reed, resurrection, rite of passage, rituals, Santa Claus | Comments Off

Moments of Meaning

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Moments of joy, moments of pain, moments of great satisfaction. It is their sum that makes our lives and we would not be the same if a single one of them was missing. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged changes, growing up, happiness, life, living, moments, philosophy of life, sadness | Comments Off

A Good Start

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Love may have a thousand voices and ten thousand expressions, but homemade biscuits are one of my favorites! Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Family, Farming, Relationships | Tagged breakfast, cooking, food as love, good memories, growing up, homemade biscuits, mom, mother, wife | Comments Off

A More Accurate Account

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Doc Arnett

While childhood stories might become “fantasized” to some degree, our personal testimony should never be glorifed. Sometimes, we wrestle with demons. Sometimes, we lose. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Farming, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged Christian witness, dairy farm, growing up, honesty, memories, Paul Arnett, religion, testimony, Todd County KY | Comments Off

Morning Swims

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Back then, in the early bends
of summer mornings
we hid our swimming trunks
in the old tobacco barn
next to the pond. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Farming, Humor, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged farm pond, growing up, pond, rebellion, rural life, swimming | 1 Comment

Revelation

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Doc Arnett

There are times when the illumination of heaven reveals to us a wonderful potential, a promise of growth and maturing and fulfillment. In those instances when hope burns within us and we suddenly see the evidence of God’s touch upon us, we are changed. Continue reading →

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