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WITandWISDOM(tm) - July 6, 1998 THOUGHTS: A friend will strengthen you with his prayers, bless you with his love, and encourage you with his hope. - Quips & Quotes, E. C. McKenzie SPECIAL THOUGHTS: A PRAYER FOR THE CHILDREN We pray for the Children who sneak popsicles before supper, who erase holes in math workbooks, who can never find their shoes. . . And we pray for those who stare at photographers from behind barbed wire, who can't bound down the street in a new pair of sneakers, who never "counted potatoes," who are born in places where we wouldn't be caught dead, who never go to the circus, who live in an X-rated world. We pray for children who bring us sticky kisses and fistfuls of dandelions, who hug us in a hurry and forget their lunch money. . . And we pray for those who never get dessert, who have no safe blanket to drag behind them, who watch their parents watch them die, who can't find any bread to steal, who don't have any rooms to clean up, whose pictures aren't on anybody's dresser, whose monsters are real. We pray for children who spend all their allowance before Tuesday, who throw tantrums in the grocery store and pick at their food, who like ghost stories, who shove dirty clothes under the bed, who never rinse out the tub, who get visits from the tooth fairy, who don't like to be kissed in front of the car pool, who squirm in church and scream in the phone, whose tears we sometimes laugh at and whose smiles can make us cry. . . And we pray for those whose nightmares come in the daytime, who will eat anything, who have never seen a dentist, who aren't spoiled by anybody, who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep, who live and move, but have no being. We pray for children who want to be carried and for those who must, who we never give up on and for those who don't get a second chance. For those we smother and for those who will grab the hand of anybody kind enough to offer it. In Memory of. . . . Natalie Brooks, student age 12 Paige Ann Herring, student age 12 Stephanie Johnson, student age 12 Brittany R. Varner, student age 11 Shannon Wright, Teacher age 32 This is in memory of the children and teacher killed in the shooting on Tuesday, March 24, 1998 in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Please send this to everyone you know. If this gets to the town of Jonesboro, I'm sure they will be glad to know there are those who care. Shared by Larry Reed THIS & THAT: I USTAWAZ . . . I used to work in an orange juice factory, until I got canned. Yeah, they put the squeeze on me, said I couldn't concentrate. You know, same old boring rind over and over again. I used to be a lumberjack, but I just couldn't hack it, so they gave me the axe. I tried to be a tailor, but I just wasn't suited for it. It was a sew-sew job. I used to work in a muffler factory, until I got exhausted. I wanted to be a barber, but I just couldn't cut it. I wanted to be a chef, figured it would add a little spice to my life, but I just didn't have the thyme. I used to be a deli worker, but I couldn't cut the mustard. I used to be a musician, but I wasn't noteworthy. I used to be a doctor, but I didn't have the patients. Shared by Andychap via Bill's Punch Line tcmrtalk@airmail.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The average life consists of twenty years of your mother asking you where you're going; Forty years of having your spouse ask the same question; and in the end; the mourners wonder too! Shared by Clyde Henning via MONDAY FODDER by Dave in Hong Kong dgaufaaa@iohk.com TRIVIA: A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours. Shared by ‘Have A Nice Day' E-mail list smiles@bapp.com |