Monthly Archives: March 2010

It’s in the Valleys I Grow

Sometimes life seems hard to bear, Full of sorrow, trouble and woe It’s then I have to remember That it’s in the valleys I grow. If I always stayed on the mountain top And never experienced pain, I would never … Continue reading

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Howard McNeil

I remember when I was just a boy; my mother would come into my room to put me to bed each night. She wood squat down on her knees with me on my knees beside her, place her hands together … Continue reading

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Tomorrow’s Yesterday

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Huck with a Heavy Heart

I am coming to you with a heavy heart, Moby. Yesterday morning (Thursday) –just about the time you were finishing your Small Town Soapbox, one of my students, Karl Anschutz, lost control of his car just a bit—overcorrected and steered … Continue reading

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President Obama, Please Have Mercy on My Future Career as an Educator

Mr. Moby!I have been listening to you since I was a little bitty girl on my way to school! I remember one year you came to a Christmas parade, when I was about seven and you threw a piece of … Continue reading

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A Real Soap Box by Moby written 3-23-10

I had a conversation yesterday with my friend, Congressman Clay Cox. Clay’s bringing to the state house of Representatives a resolution that would create a ballot in the floor of the house to neuter the directives of Obama’s Czars. He … Continue reading

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Age Spot

By: Linda EllisI am on my way to fifty;is is a fact, I do not hide.And what’s happening to my appearance,I’ve been taking well in-stride.But recently I gazed into my mirrorand upon closer inspection,I found there was a darkened circleon … Continue reading

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Sawyer Kline Singleton

Hello Mr. Moby,I have a special request for you because I know that you are a christian man by listening to your show. My husband and I are 5 1/2 weeks away from having our first child. A precious little … Continue reading

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I’m Tired

I’m 63. Except for one semester in college when jobs were scarce and a six-month period when I was between jobs, but job-hunting every day, I’ve worked, hard, since I was 18. Despite some health challenges, I still put in … Continue reading

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The Legend of Phoebe Ann Mosey

Long have I known Phoebe Ann MoseyKnown her since she was youngA child of pure brillianceYet she ran not her tongueAt dawn we would leave our troubles behindSeeking peace in the forests of verdeIt was here that the beginnings we’d … Continue reading

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