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I have mentioned the Revis Family
in my Snip-its before. We met them a few years ago. They
were our next door neighbors when we were renting a
house while our current home was being built. Jerry and
Doris are the parents and they have 3 grown daughters:
Rene', Michele and Rhonda. We still go up and eat supper
with them every week. We have gotten comfortable with
their family and have enjoyed a lot of good laughs and
fellowship with them.
Well, last night we went up for Chicken and Dumplin's,
mashed potatoes, biscuits, home-made jelly...Aren't you
hungry now? Anyway, I went out into their storage room
to get some more napkins for everyone. Doris, the mother
made a remark, that a rat had been out there. I looked
down and saw little pieces of shredded paper. It looked
like some grimy, little rat had just had a ball chewing
up stuff! Well, I am freaked out by rats and
mice...don't know why, but I just am.
Being summertime, the kids kept running in and out of
the door. Each time, I made sure that they closed the
door so the rat wouldn't come in! After we ate, we were
all standing in the kitchen listening to Michele tell us
a story she had seen on the news about an airplane
turning around when they found out a little girl had
brought a turtle into the cabin of the plane. This was
against regulations because turtles carry salmonella.
Well in my opinion, so do eggs! Leave the stinking
turtle in it's box and move on! Anyway, that's another
Snip-it! I was listening to every word, really
concentrating on Michele's story when I felt this furry
tail brush up against my ankle! Eeeek! Yikes! Ughhh! I
can't quite put the shriek into letter form...you'll
just have to use your imagination. I screamed, jumped,
flung off my flip-flop!!! It flew and hit Rene' in the
crotch! Well, everyone just laughed and laughed. Even
Tim, my sweet, understanding husband had tears streaming
down his face from laughing at me!!! You see, it was the
mild-mannered Rhonda who took the "Barbie doll Pony" or
"My Little Pony" or whatever PONY it was and brushed
it's tail up against my leg! I just couldn't believe it!
The moral of this story...don't keep your back to
anyone, even the mild-mannered ones! And the second
moral...Laughter is the best medicine, even if sometimes
it is at your own expense! Happy Summer :)
-Sandy
So go ahead. Eat your food with joy, and drink your wine
with a happy heart,
for God approves of this! Ecclesiastes 9:7 |
