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Shaken and Stirred<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Grumpy Grampy climbed up\u2014on a chair,
Grumpy Grampy slipped down and fell there.
All the good doctors and chiropractors Said,
\u201cGrampy, remember\u2014you\u2019re not spring chicken anymore.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early this morning the smoke alarm went off. In my dreamy state I fumbled in the dark and picked up a chair so I could reach the alarm to turn it off. I didn\u2019t know there was a puddle of water on the floor and, halfway up the chair, my weight caused the chair to slip underneath me. I hit my head on the wall and landed on my back and my right wrist. I eventually turned off the alarm but my body was mangled and sore. The last time I felt that kind of concussion was when I was a kid. Going back to sleep was difficult because I had to contort my body every which way to a position that gave the least pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TAKING THINGS FOR GRANTED
As I lay on the bed with the unfamiliar pain, I thought about the draft I wrote earlier for today\u2019s TGIF edition. It was ironic because in my draft I was bragging about my good health. Old as I am, I mentioned that I didn\u2019t have any of the pain that usually comes with people my age. I guess this was God slapping me in the face for my arrogance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How many things do we take for granted? The roof over our heads, our cars, our food, our friends, peace and order, etc. How desensitized have we become to recognize our blessings only when they are taken away from us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought about my friends who have recently lost their partners, friends who are dealing with health issues, financial problems \u2026 was God also reminding them to be thankful? This fall made me more compassionate of their plight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve got ice on my back and in my wrist as I type this. Please excuse this brief message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TGIF people!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(BTW, I’m trying out this new email program. The other one kept putting my emails in the Spam folder. Hopefully, this will solve that problem. Appreciate your patience.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUOTES OF THE WEEK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I woke up. I have clothes to wear. I have running water. I have food to eat. Life is good. I am thankful.<\/em> — Anonymous<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you can’t be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.<\/em> — Anonymous<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics. <\/em>— William Vaughn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.<\/em> — Dante Gabriel Rossetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.<\/em> — Psalm 9:1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.<\/em> — Colossians 2:7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. <\/em>— James 1:17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MEMES of the Week<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Art, Norm, Barbara and Jonathan for these memes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I found these:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My good friend Terry Cassel and I worked on these cartoons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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