My grandma died December 16, 1964. I was devastated. She was always accepting of me and seemed not to notice my faults. She had mailed her Christmas gifts to us the morning of the evening of her death. The box arrived two or three days after her funeral. It was a macabre feeling, being anxious to find out what she’d sent, knowing she was in Continue reading
Month: December 2014
Blanche
Every year around Christmas, I think of a girl I went to school with briefly. Blanche was the new kid. She seemed lost. I guessed it was because she’d changed schools in the middle of the school year but it turned out to be a lot more than that. I felt so badly for her as her sad story unfolded. Continue reading
Good Old Sue
Trouble had its own plan and always lurked in the shadows waiting to jump me. The simplest thing could go wrong. There was just no way to anticipate what was down the road. Billy and Troy were out of pocket when Uncle Parnell was ready to leave. Daddy sent me and Sue to look for them. Jamey and Froggy told us they had seen Continue reading
Thank You to Essential Workers
Once again, thank you and Happy Thanksgiving o all the hardworking people who keep things going for the rest of us on holidays. Be sure to thank those working in stores, gas stations,your hairdresser, utility workers. Should you go to emergency room or visit someone in a hospital or nursing home, you’ll see folks who regularly sacrifice to care for others, regardless of the holidays. Our military, firemen and policemen are on the job as usual. Our mail carriers are struggling under greater than usual demands. Thanks for keeping things going regardless of the holiday
Fleas Come Home for Christmas, Willie Tharpe (Part 2)
Even Daddy, determined to be the “Man of the House,” found it hard to defend Willie Tharpe after Willie set the bed on fire, sneaked the dogs in the house, and left us with a maddening infestation of fleas that Christmas. Though he never acknowledged his embarrassment, Daddy never invited Willie to sleep in the house again. Periodically, Continue reading
On nobody’s Christmas List
Throughout my life, I’ve gotten a number of surprising to downright crazy gifts.
1. Armadillo made of dried manure.
2. Venus Fy Trap dead.
3. Yam pralines
4. Wormy Pecans
5. Paper Plates
6. Mens undershirts
7. Hand-embroidered horse head sweatshirt in fluorescent pink
8. Panties with messages printed across the rear: Hello! Wanna Be Friends? Do theses Panties Make My Butt Look Big?
9. Size 6 slippers
10. Moldy homemade Christmas treats.
The Ghosts of Bullies Past
Reblogged from Bullying Stories
“It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
I have seen and Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” in all its forms. I read the book, I saw most versions of the movie (including the musical, which is my personal favorite), and have even seen modern stage plays of it. But there was something in it, until this holiday season, I had never figured out. Maybe it is because I didn’t want to see through the obvious story to the heart of what Charles Dickens was saying, but I now realize that many of us are our own “Scrooges”.
As most of us familiar with the story “A Christmas Carol” know, at its heart is the story of a mean and…
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All I Didn’t Want for Christmas!
If you have to exchange gifts at Christmas in large extended families, drawing names is the lesser of two evils. Fewer tasteless, outrageous gifts tantalize the hopeful. Desperate relatives save the expense and time spent shopping for hideous gifts that hit the trash or wait to be regifted the next Christmas. Continue reading
Farting in front of your partner… deal breaker?
This is hilarious! Reblogged from Cupid or Cats.
Yes, I’m a grown-up and I’m writing a blog entry about farting. Well, to be more specific, farting in front of your significant other. But before you decide that this is too immature even for an Adam Sandler film, just bear with me.
Recently, a friend of mine got engaged to her boyfriend of three years. When we went out for celebratory drinks, she motioned for me to come closer. She drunkenly whispered in my ear “I farted in front of my fiancé for the first time today.” I was completely astounded. How in the blue blazes did they get to engagement stage without overcoming this vital stage in a relationship? Oh, so you don’t think it’s important? Okay. Imagine you’re in a room full of ten people. Now ask yourself “what’s the most embarrassing thing that could happen to me in their company?” Behind crapping your pants (sorry), projectile…
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