“Take
a frown & turn it upside down”--isn’t that so cute you could just “fwow
up”? But you can make a bad situation
better!!
Thirty plus years ago I was called for jury
duty. While there I slipped on the
marble floor & sprained my left thumb. It was in a splint & I couldn’t put
on a necklace or button my right cuff. Bud would leave for work before I got up, so I had to ask another prospective juror to help
me. I would hold out my right arm &
say, “Please dress me, Mommy.” She did,
& we clicked. We became best
friends--& still are.
You can even learn to be a nicer person. This is one of my favorite jokes:
Sadie &
Molly, two old friends who haven’t seen each other in years, meet on the street. Their conversation goes like
this:
SADIE: Molly, it’s so good to see you again! How are you & your family?
MOLLY: I’m
just fine, thank you. My husband retired
& his company gave him a million
dollar bonus. We’ve been travelling
around the world!!
S: Fantastic!!
And what about your son?
M: He became a doctor. He’s now Chief of Staff at Johns Hopkins.
S: Fantastic!!
And your daughter, how’s she doing?
M: She married
a lovely man. He’s rich, so they live in
a mansion & she has a live-in
staff to take care of her every whim.
S: Fantastic!!
M: But enough about me—what have you been doing?
S: I went to charm school.
M: You went to charm school? What did they teach you?
S: You know
how I used to say “bullshit” all the time?
They taught me to say “fantastic” instead!!
While in Acapulco I went parasailing. I took off from (& was supposed to land
on) a raft. I missed the raft &
landed in the water. I could swim pretty
well by then & I could float. I was
wearing a life vest & the water, which I had softly “floated” into without
a splash, was the same warm temperature as the air. This must be what it feels like in the
womb. The guys on the raft were yelling,
“Don’t panic—we’ll be right there!!” & I was peacefully calling back, “I’m
fine. Take your time!!”
I’ll
leave you with this video to enjoy. It
has lots of good advice!!
There's no way to worry when you're playing with dolphins.This is my son Blake & his ex-wife:
----fishducky
