Author Archives: Jack

“Very, very proud of you, Julie Evans Schaferling. Today she met the man that died. At 0300am on a Saturday morning coming home from work, Julie drove up on a car wreck on FM1488 where a single vehicle left the road, struck a pole and partially ejected the driver. She told the 911 dispatcher exactly […]

I broke down in tears. Her eyes felt like they were speaking to my soul, saying, “You’re my mom, and you need to come get me.” In just 10 months, our family had grown from 3 to 6 kids—we thought we were done, but once again, we were wrong.

This morning a few people saw my daughter walking to school & me following behind her. Some asked me why I did that & others gave me a stank stare. I’m very well aware she’s only 10. And she walked Because I told her to. Because she forgot how to treat adults, So I told […]

When my wife was pregnant, I swear not an hour passed without my dad bragging about becoming a grandpa. Now that his granddaughter is here, the only thing he gets to hold are photos—and it breaks my heart. If he can resist coming inside to hold his first grandchild, I know the rest of us […]