Love and other things

Hello Everyone ~~ I hope things are going well for you

and your families. Thank you so much to all who wished

my daughter well. Kathy is fine, I rang her today in the

hospital and she sounded good. Originally, she fell from

a horse and split her finger, 3 weeks ago. She had it

stitched and was put on antibiotics, but they didn’t fix it

so then she was put on stronger ones, but was sent to

hospital last Friday. They removed the nail and black

shiny skin and hopefully have got all the bugs out this

time. She has a drip in with yet more drugs to make sure

it is on the mend, and then she has to have a skin graft.

The Doctors told her it is a very rare bug and is one that

can cause gangrene. But she will be fine, and I do very

much appreciate your support. We will both survive !!!

<><><><><> Couple of short Poems. <><><><><>

<><><> LOVE <><><>

Love is a very simple thing,

Love is a contented mind.

Love is tolerance, being warm,

Love is just being kind.

Love is trusting, being sure,

As sure as there’s starshine above,

That when the moment is at hand

You’ll know this real meaning of love.

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<><> The Great White Throne. <><>

If I were standing to be judged

Before the great white throne

Where I could hear the righteous sing

And hear the sinners moan,

I’ll want no greater advocate

To make my final plea,

Than just---well, someone would say,

He did a lot for me.

<><><><> Now it’s Joke Time. <><><><>

Proudly showing off his newly-leased apartment to a couple

of friends late one night, the drunk yuppie led the way to

his bedroom where there was a big brass gong.

“What’s that big brass gong for?” one of his friends asked.

“Issss nod a gong. Issss a talking clock,” the drunk replied.

“A talking clock? Seriously?” “Yup”, he repied.

“How’s it work?” he second friend asked squinting at it.

“Watshhh,” the yuppie replied. He picked up a hammer, gave it

an ear-shattering pound and stepped back. The three stood

looking at each other for a moment of silence.

Suddenly, someone on the other side of the wall screamed”

“For goodness sake, you idiot, it’s ten past three in the

morning.

<><><><><> The Fiance <><><><>

After Leslie brought home her fiance to meet her parents, her

father invited the young man into his study to find out more

about him. “What are your plans?” he asked Joseph.

“I’m a scholar of the Torah,” Joseph replied.

“Well that;s admirable,” Leslie’s father replied. “But what will

you do to provide a nice house for my daughter?”

“I will study, and God will provide for us, Joseph explained.

“And how will you buy her a nice engagement ring?”

“I will study hard, and God will provide for us.”

“And children?” asked the father. “How will you support them?”

“Don’t worry sir, God will provide,” replied the fiance.

The conversation continued in much the same fashion. After

Joseph and Leslie had left, her mother asked her father what

he had found out.

The father answered, “Well he has no job, and no plans, but

the good news is that he thinks I am God.”

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There was a little boy named Johnny who used to hang out at

the local corner market. The owner didn’t know what Johnny’s

problem was but the boys would constantly tease him at not

being too smart. To prove it, sometimes they would offer him the choice

between a nickel (5 cents) and a dime (10 cents)

Johnny would always take the nickel—they said because it was

bigger.

One day after John grabbed the nickel, the store owner took him

aside and said “Johnny, those boys are making fun of you.

They think you don’t know the dime is worth more than the

nickel. Are you taking it because the nickel is bigger or what?”

Slowly, Johnny turned toward the store owner and a big grin

appeared on his face, and Johnny said, “Well, if I took the dime,

they’d stop doing it, and so far I have saved $20!”

<><> Enough for now - Stay happy and take care, Merle.<><>