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    Singing To The End Of Life (Life's Outtakes Year 5) 52 Humorous And Inspirational Short Stories
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    Singing To The End Of Life (Life's Outtakes Year 5) 52 Humorous And Inspirational Short Stories

    By Daris Howard

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    From the inspiration of a dying soldier’s wish of Singing To The End Of Life to the humor of Football Through The Eyes Of A Child, these 52 humorous and inspirational short stories (one for each week of the year) will make you laugh, reminisce, and contemplate the relationships you cherish most. Stories include:

    1. Football Through The Eyes Of A Child
    2. Grandchildren Caught Redhanded
    3. The World's Best Summer Job
    4. When Being Old Fashioned Is Good
    5. Motorcycles And Mary Kay Consultants
    6. Horrible Work Conditions And Pay Raises
    7. Flat Fixes And Forwarding Favors
    8. Straw Mazes And Little Girls
    9. Calculating Consequences
    10. We Are All Brothers
    11. The Wedding Escort
    12. Understanding True Thankfulness
    13. Ice Fishing Secrets
    14. What Students Learned In Math Class
    15. The Best Comeback To Stupid Pickup Lines
    16. Soup Can Labels And Red Wagons
    17. Learning About An Old Scrooge
    18. I've Never Had A Bad Day
    19. A New Pickup And Good Neighbors
    20. An Unusual Weather Vane
    21. The Unusual Horticulture Project
    22. More Than Just A Teacher
    23. The Undesired Gift
    24. A Valentine’s Day Dance First Date
    25. Cub Scouts And Musical Instruments
    26. What Math Texts Are Good For
    27. The Unknown Child
    28. A Young Boy And A Wild Imagination
    29. Bringing A Plane To Earth In Church
    30. The New Church Assignment
    31. It Takes A Community To Raise A Child
    32. The Big Wedding Day
    33. A Story To Take A Gander At
    34. The Final Exam
    35. The Internet Filtering Mistake
    36. Cow Psychology 101
    37. What Students Say
    38. Singing To The End Of Life
    39. The Best Pair Of Legs Contest
    40. Lessons From Telling The Truth
    41. Hungry Enough To Eat A
    42. The Empty Chair
    43. The Other Boyfriend
    44. The Price For Freedom
    45. Keeping A Promise
    46. Results Of Milking A Cow
    47. Important Things To Take Camping
    48. Watch What Happens When You Lose Track Of Time
    49. Coach Pitch Baseball 1st Practice
    50. Dynamite Comes In Small Packages
    51. Coach Pitch Baseball 1st Game
    52. What's Important In Life And Baseball

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDaris Howard
    Release dateMay 30, 2013
    ISBN9781301152117
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    Singing To The End Of Life (Life's Outtakes Year 5) 52 Humorous And Inspirational Short Stories
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    Daris Howard

    Daris Howard is an author and playwright who grew up on a farm in rural Idaho. He associated with many colorful characters including cowboys, farmers, lumberjacks and others. Besides his work on the farm he has worked as a cowboy and a mechanic. He was a state champion athlete and competed in college athletics. He also lived for eighteen months in New York. Daris and his wife, Donna, have ten children and were foster parents for several years. He has also worked in scouting and cub scouts, at one time having 18 boys in his scout troop. His plays, musicals, and books build on the characters of those he has associated with, along with his many experiences, to bring his work to life. Daris is a math professor and his classes are well known for the stories he tells to liven up discussion and to help bring across the points he is trying to teach. His scripts and books are much like his stories, full of humor and inspiration. He and his family have enjoyed running a summer community theatre where he gets a chance to premiere his theatrical works and rework them to make them better. His published plays and books can be seen at http://www.darishoward.com. He has plays translated into German and French and his work has been done in many countries around the world. In the last few years, Daris has started writing books and short stories. He writes a popular news column called Life’s Outtakes, that consists of weekly short stories and is published in various newspapers and magazines in the U.S. and Canada including Country, Horizons, and Family Living.

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