How I Learned to Be Me

My daddy taught me to smoke. And I am only 4-years old.

He said his older brothers and sisters tried to teach him how to smoke when he was 4-years old, too.

His big brothers and sisters didn’t want him to tell on them, he said. That’s why they tried to get him to  smoke, too.

But he didn’t like it. He said it made him cough and he thought it was stupid.

I don’t have anybody to tell on. I just think smoking is cool. And it doesn’t make me Read More

Smiles are the best medicine

I may be wrong but I will tell you the number one reason why people become doctors.

BTW (That means by the way, he he he…) my daddy often says, “When people start off with ‘I may be wrong but…’ they are usually right.”

The number one reason why people become doctors, I think, is because at some point in their lives, somebody they love very much got sick. A mommy or a daddy or a grandpa or a daddy or a grandma or a daddy. And they felt unable to help them.

My daddy got sick the other day. He pre teens (Ed: pretends) to be sick sometimes so I can practice on him. He lets me give him shots and wrap his head and arms
and stuff in case I ever want to be a doctor for a different reason.

But the other day, daddy got sick. No, he didn’t die. Don’t worry. But he wasn’t daddy. He couldn’t play. He couldn’t be a horsey. He couldn’t be a monster. He couldn’t swing me around or pick me up or take me to the Read More

Here’s a list of famous people born on January 27.

I don’t see my name.

But then I don’t see anybody born after 1988. Were there really people before then?

Here’s a name I recognize - 1756 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria, musical prodigy/composer (Figaro).

I have his music on my little 4-finger piano with red, orange, blue and yellow keys and a twirling teddy bear. I bet you wish you had one.

There was a mini-concert at the church where my big brother Benjamin Belew plays the piano every week. You can see the Brahm’s piece he played by clickety click clicking that link.

Well, I wasn’t prepared…but they called me up front. And everyone sang Read More