Jeff Hampton – Page 112 – Jeff Hampton, Writer

June 23, 2020

On a Wing and a Memory

For Wilshire Baptist Church

If we had blinked, we would have missed them completely. As it was, we almost didn’t see them at all, but we got a quick peek and that was enough to stir up some memories.

It started years ago when Dad took my brother and me to see the Navy’s Blue Angels precision flying team at an air show. We watched in wonder as they performed their amazing aerobatic feats, including jetting toward each other at low altitude across the airfield and passing seemingly within inches of each other.

June 16, 2020

Playing Backup

For Wilshire Baptist Church

Saturday morning after dropping off a casserole for a local family shelter and circling White Rock Lake on our bikes, we drove through Chick-fil-A and took breakfast sandwiches to Casa Linda Park. While we ate in the shade at a picnic table, we watched a little league baseball team go through their drills.

June 9, 2020

Live and Let Live

For Wilshire Baptist Church

As I watered the beds Saturday after we planted flowers and spread mulch, a car full of teens pulled up in front of our house and tumbled out to join a big family gathering next door. They smiled and waved and said “hi,” and I did the same. Meanwhile, two women chatted on the front porch across the street, and an older couple swept the sidewalk to the east. I waved at them too, and they waved back.