Luke's Thunder

Martin Luther (ML) is credited with saying "Each betrayal begins with trust."  Linda Morey (LM) introduced the deadly weapon to the murderous gang on October 11, 2015.  Now, RM is a mysterious character. I've known her since I was about 8 years old, when she was 20 and living in Richfield Springs. I observed the courtship between her and the father of her four children. My dad had a paternal friendship with the couple, such that RM asked my father to walk her down the aisle at her wedding. They had been early adherents of Irwinism, among the earliest members of the Word of Life precursor--City on a Hill, the congregation meeting on porches and then in a basement. RM stayed nearly till the end, raising her children under Irwinism. Her ex had quit attending before she did. Her exit was in January 2014.  Before RM and her younger 3 children left, she and I had developed a close friendship--she even called me her little sister, and I definitely saw her as an older sister. Let...

The Leonard family home, owned by my dad Bruce and his wife Debi (Deborah), was sold in May 2022 for a grand total of $20,000. Many were surprised at the sale, the condition of the house being so dilapidated. It was sold for taxes. So much was owed that we ended up in the negative on the deal. Our real estate attorney didn't get paid, and the real estate agents representing buyer and seller split the commission of $2,000.  Why did we bother with selling to get nothing out of it? Because my father's integrity is just that solid. He owed the village, the county, and the school district, and the only way he could pay up was to liquidate the only property of value that he had. None of the family had the funds to continue paying the taxes on the home while the owners were incarcerated. Personally, I made the executive decision that the house should not be my father's to return to when he is released. The option shouldn't even exist. He had a difficult time making the decisio...