Last night, I was getting everything ready for bath/bedtime when I came across this scene on your toy shelf. You had very meticulously arranged Dexter and one of your “guys” beneath the covered deck on Noah’s Ark. I was so touched by the sweetness of it, I had to snap a picture...
She understood her parents’ thoughts on owning a pet; it was not good timing, for one. Yet she could have her dragons, thank heavens, and she planned to bless them with prayer. She made a few sketches of dragons, said a few prayers, and turned in a second time. In the morning, s...
often associated with learning it by heart. InMidsummer Night’s DreamPeter Quince begs Bottom and his fellow actors to “con” their parts in his play. Any good Catholic has, in this sense of the word, conned the Lord’s Prayer, the Hail Mary, maybe the Apostles Creed, etc. It...
Her father didn’t want her to go, but her mother had intervened: “Thomas, she is not a child anymore. We don’t need her today– let her go have fun with her friends for once.” At last he had relented, and she walked down the cobbled street into the sunny morning. She did m...
Nights were particularly tough times for the twins. Their father had to leave early in the morning for work, so he needed to say goodnight before the twins’ bedtime. Rachel and William stayed in their area of the house until their father retired and then they and their sleeping bags would...
political joke pregnant Italian money affair honey floor alarmed spaghetti sum postcard child support Dislike Like Squirrels in the Church The Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do about their squirrel infestation. After much prayer and consideration, they concluded that the sq...
“Gone hours ago. When they found that you were sleeping they thought it best not to awake you. Any way, I wouldn’t have let them. What was I here for?” “I wonder if Leonce will be uneasy!” she speculated, as she seated herself at table. ...