Stephen Yeargin

The car door could really use some WD-40. I know this to be the case because one late evening I stepped out into our parking lot and Samantha heard it from our fourth floor apartment. It was shrill enough that when I had my emissions tested, the technician acted as if he were afraid it [...]

For those who know Samantha and I, the word “vacation” is barely in our vocabulary, other than a simple way of describing the reason we are not showing up for work on a particular day. Big trips to exotic locales are just not the way we like to blow spend our money. So when the [...]

Next week Samantha and I will travel for an overnight stay in Chicago. It is our first trip to a location other than Martin, Tenn. since we have been married, and this one is strictly for fun. In fact, we are debating on leaving the laptops at home just so we can actually get out [...]

Going to the doctor to try and cure a common ailment has always struck me as a bit overzealous on the part of the patient. Home remedies abound, and surely it is better (and cheaper) to manage symptoms at home than it is to drive to an office just to have someone tell you something [...]

I walked out the door Monday morning to see a tow truck trying to scoop up Samantha’s car (the last in the lot) to move it so that they could paint the lines and re-seal the lot. I admit that the management had tucked notices in our door that the project would begin that morning, [...]

The casters squeaked loudly as the staff carefully rolled the platform down the ramp. I stood quietly with my back to it, lined up with five other relatives and family friends. The narrow ramp had made it difficult to maneuver, but once down to our level we were able to complete that particular leg of [...]

This afternoon I was standing in a Publix, shuffling through the selection of balloons to find one for a patient at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. The two and a half year-old boy had just undergone his third (and hopefully final) heart surgery to correct a birth defect. I have to comment that there were few balloons [...]

Samantha and I had been talking for a while about buying a board game or two to keep around the apartment in an effort to quell the restlessness that typically drives me out to spend money (food, entertainment, etc.). So tonight, we bought two games, Scrabble and Monopoly, in these nifty little bookshelf boxes from [...]

We were sitting on the bleachers at Vanderbilt Stadium on Saturday, waiting for the evening’s performances from Robert Earl Keen, Jason Mraz and the Dave Matthews Band to begin when it all came rushing in. It caught me a bit off guard, but not totally surprised. Everything must be dealt with in due time. It [...]

In a little under 10 hours, we will be well on our way back to Martin, Tenn. for my fraternity‘s Family Day celebration. The trip is mostly for business, but it is always a good chance to see how the dynamics of an organization change after a few years away. A single year is a [...]