Black Friday
Scrapbooking at the Family Reunion
Traveling with the TSA
Lying in Self-Defense
Taylor's Rubber Ducky
Ode to a Faithful Servant
Meeting the Great Santini
Buy One, Get One
National Emergency - Atlanta Airport Closed
"The headline grabbed my attention: 'Woman Trampled at Wal-Mart.' It was a story in the newspaper on Saturday, the day after Black Friday, that blockbuster shopping orgy the day after Thanksgiving."
"Assembling a scrapbook can be a trip down memory lane. One sister brought out a box of old photos from our childhood. As we oohed and aahed over the pictures, we told the children and grandchildren stories of our family and our own childhood."
"They told me my bag was searched for prohibited items. All they found were clothes and women's underwear. I did have a book my friend loaned me titiled 100 Banned Books. Some folks might consider that title dangerous, but not TSA O 4547597."
"In my religious faith there is a commandment that forbids bearing false witness against my neighbor. It boils down to, 'do not lie.' But those telemarkers have made me into a serious liar."
"Once a preemie is stabilized, the family is encouraged to hold him for short periods of time. It is awesome to take this baby from his cocoon and feed him."
"She was showing her age and needed more checkups. She was leaking in undesirable places. She couldn't hold her water anymore. When her core temperature rose out of control, she sweated in both summer and winter."
"While Pat Conroy was signing Beach Music, his newest work, in one corner of the Open Book store, his Daddy was signing in another corner."
"That's why, when I saw the buy one/get one free offer to take the Mensa test, I talked my husband into going in with me."
"We had seen the World Trade Center just three months before. Because we had more important places to visit in New York City we decided not to go to the observation deck. Our photos show our grandson walking across the Brooklyn Bridge with those twin towers in the background."
"The sisters decided to go to the visitation and funeral Mass. What they failed to notice in the paper was one line that read, 'Visitation and rosary Wednesday evening.' The rosary and its prayers would prove to be a problem."