Aug 24, 2014
Welcome to Tales By Tom! . Today we present the sixth and final installment of The Intimate World Around Us. This series included twelve stoies in six installments. We will be back in two weeks with a new series!
This podcast includes two stores . . .
The Gettysburg Address. I decided to sell my copy of the New York Tribune dated Saturday, November 21, 1863. The paper, in its wisdom, had buried Lincoln’s immortal 272 words on page two in a middle column in the middle of the page. I packed it up with great care and sent it to my rare book man in Connecticut. He said he’s do what he could.
Goin’ to the zoo. Even compared to my son Tom’s and his wife Barb’s trip to China’s Great Wall at the same time, my trip to the Baton Rouge Zoo with Wildwood’s Pre-K class was exciting in its own right and no one needed to show a passport.
New Book!
Recently my father, Tom Cagley Sr published a new book titled, I Was Your Son: A Troubled Journey. The book is a view into Tom Cagley Sr's soul. When asked why should anyone read this book ? He answered, "Because the end effect is restorative and invigorating and because everyone who’s ever had a father like this wants to believe there is a happy way out."
A recent review stated it even more powerfully, "I love this book; it is a very telling, touching story of one man's troubled past with his father who obviously had problems of his own. He had no love for his son in his being beyond childhood. I feel so very much for Tom; he was disconnected from his Dad for no good reason; never able to see or talk to him again---not his problem, but scared him none the less.
This story is a lesson in how not to act as a father. His father did not apply the story of the prodigal son in the bible; that is the kind of love we should have for our children. I pray that in telling his story, this book will be help Tom heal and go forward and help those who read it never to make the same mistake, as his father."
Buy "Was Your Son: A Troubled Journey" on Amazon http://ow.ly/ug4ru
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The music is a song titled "Rhapsody" by Andy Guthrie and was supplied Music Alley from Mevio (www.musicalley.com).
See you in two weeks with a new series of great stories from Tom Cagley Sr!