Three boys are in the school yard bragging about how fast their fathers are. The first one says, “my father runs the fastest. He can fire an arrow, and start to run,…
Parents
“When I was a youngster,” complained the frustrated father, shaking his head, “I was disciplined by being sent to my room without supper. But our son has his own color TV, phone,…
One year, a Mother decreed that she was no longer going to remind her children of their thank-you note duties. As a result, their Grandmother never received acknowledgments of the generous checks…
Four-year-old Jack’s mother ran into the bedroom when she heard him scream and found his two-year old sister pulling his hair. She gently released the little girl’s grip and said comfortingly to…
The teenager approached the sales clerk in the clothing store with a large bag. “My mother likes this outfit — may I exchange it?”
In the frozen foods department of our local grocery store, I noticed a man shopping with his son. As I walked by, he checked something off his list, and I heard him…
The proud father brought home a backyard swing set for his children and immediately started to assemble it with all the neighborhood children anxiously waiting to play on it. After several hours…
Unexpected cold snaps had destroyed the buds on a man’s peach tree for two years in a row. This spring, he was ready. He replanted the sapling in a large box, mounted…
A woman opened the front door of her home to find a young minister from the neighborhood who said, “I’m collecting donations for the new children’s home we’re building. I hope you’ll…
One night a wife found her husband standing over their baby’s crib. Silently she watched him. As he stood looking down at the sleeping infant, she saw on his face a mixture…
A couple was selling their house. The mother stressed emphatically that her sons must make their beds each morning. She left for work before they left for school, and she wanted to…
A young man volunteered to babysit one night so his mom could have an evening out. At bedtime he sent the youngsters upstairs to bed and settled down to watch football. One…