Mom and Dad have done much for me ...and I am thankful, though the things are too numerous to list what I am thankful for. One more thing I will mention that Mom did ...was give me the name of Stephen.

Dad named my older brother after his own dad, who had passed away before he and Mom had gotten married. Mom named me, the second child.   And I see clearly how telling the truth may not be very popular.  Chapter 7, of the Book of Acts, gives a quite extensive description of truth ...so much so, that the people were cut to the heart, and with gnashing of teeth, crying out loudly, they stopped their ears, and rushed him.  Soon afterwards, Stephen died ...but the truth didn't die.