Category: Stories
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Grandpa Left His Body – Faith & Family Story
Grandpa left his body in 2003. He was 46 years old living in Iselin PA. While on the operating table sedated as a surgery was being performed, he got the privilege of watching the Doctor examine the tumor he had just removed. As Grandpa Hill tells this story to his grandchildren, they have just as…
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Two Women That Talked Too Much – Faith and Family Story
Grandpa Hill knows lots of people that just talk way too much! Two special women to him really talk a lot. At one time, Don was quite sure they both talked too much. Mary Lee, Don’s wife, and his oldest daughter Patricia are the two ‘talkers’ that taught him a lesson and the value of…
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Love Hurts No. 3, Grandma Kicks Grandpa – Faith and Family Story
In January of 2015 on a cold morning in Iselin Pennsylvania Grandpa Hill (Don) decides to tease and surprise his wife Mary Lee. After she gets startled and chilled she retaliates. Don felt he deserved to receive the kick that Mary wanted to give him. Presenting himself for the kick, he cautioned Mary that…
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Grandpa Learns to Maneuver His 401Ks
The “God Send” in this story is Paul Hamacher. He is the CEO of Spire Stocks http://www.spirestocks.com/. Grandpa tells his story and how just as he was retiring he meets Paul and they hit it off well. Next thing you know and Grandpa is maneuvering his 401K. Getting out of the market when it is going…
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Grandpa Sees an Angel – Faith and Family Story
In 1988 Grandpa Hill (Don) and his family were at a parish mission in Burnsville Minnesota. Just before the priest called on Don to come up front for a demonstration about faith and trust, an angel came and sat down next to Grandpa. Grandpa really doesn’t know what angels are. He calls what he saw…
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How Grandpa and Grandma Met Each Other – Faith & Family Story
On St. Patrick’s Day, 1975, Mary Lee Mack met Donald Paul Hill in the library of the high school in Rochester Michigan. That was the day that Don’s girl friend realized she was his girlfriend. Don had been so anticipating having Mary as his girlfriend and so anxious about being rejected that he struggled to…
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Grandma’s First Couch – A slightly wiser story.
It was the fall of 1985, Grandma and Grandpa Hill had just got a new house in Savage Minnesota. There was an ongoing disagreement about money and furniture. We both wanted living room furniture. Mary Lee wanted to sit comfortably in the living room with friends and family. Don wanted to sit comfortably but had…
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Grandpa Gets a “U” in 2nd Grade
A counselor was recently asking Donald (Grandpa Hill) some probing question about his childhood. She was trying to understand Grandpa and help him understand himself and feel better about the world he lived in. Donald, as Grandpa Hill recalls his answers to the lady that was trying to help him and shares his answer with…