Sundays are the perfect day to visit people; they are usually home and usually they like to have visitors.
Everyone has a story, so here are today's:
Deborah (in hospital): was operated on for rectal cancer last week.
Deborah and her husband are humble, hardworking parents of 4 boys, 1 daughter... they live in an extremely modest home. Her husband owns property worth a million dollars, but he doesn't believe in selling the land that has been in his family for decades. They are bank poor and land rich, and just good, good people.
Linda: told the story of her sister-in-law and sister-in-law's two sons...
Her words:
"She always bragged about her children...
they were the: best, fastest, most creative, smartest.
They excelled in: math, science, sports, music, drama, life
To me, listening to it each week was ad nauseum.
But, now, twenty years later, her two sons are the best, fastest, most creative, smartest.
And yes, both of them have excelled in math, science, sports, music, drama, but most of all LIFE.
Maybe she knew something about raising children, that I didn't quite understand."
Ah, so fun and interesting to hear the stories of marvelous/good/people all around us.
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There you go again! Your stories cause my ears to prick up and the hackles on my back to flare up wishing for more dicussion.
So many unanswered questions are left hanging. Maybe I'm just missing the finer intentions of your post or reading too much into it.
P.S. I have the greatest kids and I am bank poor. Maybe I have a whole lot in common with them both!
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