FROM MY DAD…
0800 by Jeff Hess
I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for your morning blog chuckle I present: From My Dad.
BEWARE OF TRASH:
One particular four-year old prayed, “And forgive us our ‘trash baskets’ as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets.”
ALL MEN / ALL GIRLS?
When my daughter, Kelli, was 3, she and my son, Cody, would say their nightly prayers, together. As most children do, we have to bless every family member, every friend, and every animal (current and past).
For several weeks, after we had finished the nightly prayer, Kelli would say, “And all girls.”
As this soon became part of her nightly routine, to include this at the end, my curiosity got the best of me and I asked her,
“Kelli, why do you always add the part about all girls?”
Her response, “Because we always finish our prayers by saying ‘All Men’!”
SAY A PRAYER:
Little Johnny and his family were having Sunday dinner at his Grandmother’s house. Everyone was seated around the table as the food was being served. When little Johnny received his plate, he started eating right away.
“Johnny wait until we say our prayer.”
“I don’t have to,” The boy replied.
“Of course, you do,” his mother insisted. “We say a prayer, before eating, at our house.”
“That’s our house,” Johnny explained. “But this is Grandma’s house and she knows how to cook.
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