April Coker, Author

Author: aencoker

  • Why I’m Thankful During the Pandemic

    Thankful?  Am I nuts?  Probably.  But what’s the alternative?  Sitting at home wringing my hands crying “Woe is me?”  I choose not to do that.  I choose to count my blessings and be thankful for the good things.  My family is well.  It may change tomorrow or even later on today, but as of now,…

  • Don’t drink Corona beer!

    I was in the grocery store a couple of days ago, looking for a loaf of bread and maybe some toilet paper, but I had no success.  A guy asked me if I was looking for bread. When I replied yes, he said, “Good luck.  Have you been drinking that Corona beer?” I told him…

  • Why I’m Sad to See Winter Go

    Disclaimer:  I live in Texas where these are our seasons: 1) almost summer,  2) hotter than H-E-double-hockey-sticks, 3) still summer, and 4) a little cooler than summer.  Keep your snowballs to yourself.  They would just melt before they hit me anyway. Yes, I’m sad to say goodbye to Old Man Winter.  Spring is threatening everywhere…

  • School Bus Shame

    I rode the school bus.  For twelve years I rode the school bus. For twelve years I didn’t like it, but I rode the school bus. Many of those years my mother didn’t even have a car, so the school bus was the only way to get to school. My father was too busy supporting…

  • My Connection to Patrick Mahomes

    I’m sure almost everyone who has been following the Kansas City Chiefs football team would like to say they have a connection to Patrick Mahomes, NFL’s best quarterback ever, according to some.  I really do, though.  I taught in the same schools his father Pat attended.  After my son was born in 1984 I did…