Category: Family
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Life
Looking Back on Nearly Five Decades of Engineering, Business, and Service A Personal Reflection — October 2026 As I look back over nearly 48 years of working in engineering, telecommunications, technology, business, and community service, I find myself thinking less about accomplishments and more about the opportunities I have been given, the people I have…
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One more night
Journal It is after 2:00 in the morning. Tonight I find myself at a place where I honestly feel like nothing works anymore. I cannot fix anything. I cannot fix my wife’s eyes. I cannot instantly solve our financial problems. I cannot fix people problems. I cannot fix church problems. I cannot fix medical problems.…
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Watching the Person You Love Hurt
It is 2:00 in the morning. The house is quiet except for the soft sound of my wife crying beside me. She cannot sleep because her eyes hurt so badly. Over the past weeks we have tried so many things. Systane. Refresh. TheraTears. Refresh PM ointment. Every new product brings a little hope, but by…
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APPENDIX A: THE ANCESTRAL DOSSIER
A Speculative History of the Hargrove-Richbourg Intelligence Network, 825 AD to Present Note to the reader: What follows is, officially, speculation. The biographical facts are real. The interpretation of those facts as evidence of a multigenerational covert operations network is the author’s alone, and he accepts full responsibility for it. The CIA has neither confirmed…
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Fathers
This Father’s Day I’ve been thinking about the men who helped make me who I am. My dad, Robert Hargrove. My grandfathers, James G. Hargrove and George T. Richbourg. My uncles. None of them were perfect men, but they were my men. Their lives, their stories, their successes, their failures, their hard work, and their…
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Echoes
The author reflects on poignant memories, termed “echoes,” from his life that resonate deeply over time. These include moments with his father by the Neches River, playful interactions with his son Joshua, and precious family snapshots. Such echoes emerge from love in ordinary circumstances, reminding us of what truly matters.
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Life story
To anyone reading this: May you know that you are not alone in your struggle. May you learn earlier than I did that asking for help honors both the giver and the receiver.
