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WITandWISDOM(tm) - March 2, 2005 ISSN 1538-8794 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: "I believe the time we really look big in a child's eyes is when we go to them and apologize for our mistakes and we say, 'I was wrong. Will you forgive me?'" -- Kevin Leman Source: DailyInBox From the Masters, http://dailyinbox.com ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: Often when my children were little, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I'd have to say, "Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn't grow on trees, you know." Years later, on a warm, spring Mother's Day morning, I happened to look out my window and saw a new tree planted right in my yard. I put my glasses on and couldn't believe what I saw. There were dollar bills taped all over the new tree - a hundred of them, in fact. I live up in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where winters are long and cold and summers are way too short. But every winter now, I look out my window and think about what my children did for me, and I get tears in my eyes - every time. I'm still not sure that money grows on trees. But I know love does. Source: Top Greetings ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: Strange High School Nicknames Poca Dots (Poca, WS) Cairo Syrupmakers (Cairo, GA) Frankfort Hot Dogs (Frankfort, IN) Brown Scoopers (Sturgis, SD) Cobden Appleknockers (Cobden, IL) Freeport Pretzels (Freeport, IL) Speedway Sparkplugs (Speedway, IN) Mesquite Skeeters (Mesquite, TX) Maryville Spoofhounds (Maryville, MO) Teutopolis Wooden Shoes (Teutopolis, IL) Dunn Earwigs (Dunn, CA) West Plaines Zizzers (West Plaines, MO) Pleasant Hill Billies (Pleasant Hill, OR) Source: Top Greetings ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: Behind the sanctuary is a restroom facility that is separate from other buildings. A common topic of conversation was a problem that was occurring this year - bugs and crickets seem to seek refuge in the restroom. One evening during church service, my granddaughter asked me where the bathroom was because she needed to use it. I she could use the restroom behind the sanctuary. She exclaimed, "Grandma, I am afraid to go to that restroom because there are a lots of bugs and hypocrites in there." Source: Top Greetings ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: How much nectar equals a pound of honey? To make a one-pound comb of honey, bees must collect nectar from about two million flowers. Source: ArcaMax Trivia, http://www.arcamax.com/cgi-bin/reg