Day: April 4, 2023

Keep the Fork

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There was a young woman who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and had been given three months to live. So, as she was getting her things “in order,” she contacted her Pastor and had him come to her house to discuss certain aspects of her final wishes.

She told him which songs she wanted sung at the service, what scriptures she would like read, and what outfit she wanted to be buried in.

Everything was in order and the Pastor was preparing to leave when the young woman suddenly remembered something very important to her.

“There’s one more thing,” she said excitedly.

“What’s that?” came the Pastor’s reply.

“This is very important,” the young woman continued. “I want to be buried with a fork in my right hand.”

The Pastor stood looking at the young woman, not knowing quite what to say.

That surprises you, doesn’t it?” the young woman asked.

“Well, to be honest, I’m puzzled by the request,” said the Pastor.

The young woman explained. “My grandmother once told me this story, and from that time on I have always tried to pass along its message to those I love and those who are in need of encouragement. In all my years of attending socials and dinners, I always remember that when the dishes of the main course were being cleared, someone would inevitably lean over and say, ‘Keep your fork.’ It was my favorite part because I knew that something better was coming…..like velvety chocolate cake or deep-dish apple pie. Something wonderful, and with substance!

So, I just want people to see me there in that casket with a fork in my hand and I want them to wonder, “What’s with the fork?” Then I want you to tell them: “Keep your fork, the best is yet to come.”

The Pastor’s eyes welled up with tears of joy as he hugged the young woman good-bye. He knew this would be one of the

of the last times he would see her before her death. But he also knew that the young woman had a better grasp of heaven than he did. She had a better grasp of what heaven would be like than many people twice her age, with twice as much experience and knowledge. She KNEW that something better was coming.

At the funeral, people were walking by the young woman’s casket and they saw the cloak she was wearing and the fork placed in her right hand. Repeatedly the Pastor heard the question, “What’s with the fork?” And over and over, he smiled.

During his message, the Pastor told the people of the conversation he had with the young woman shortly before she died He also told them about the fork and about what it symbolized to her. He told the people how he could not stop thinking about the fork and told them that they probably would not be able to stop thinking about it either.

He was right. So the next time you reach down for your fork let it remind you, ever so gently, that the best is yet to come. Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us.

Show your friends how much you care. Remember to always be there for them, even when you need them more. For you never know when it may be their time to “Keep their fork.”

Cherish the time you have, and the memories you share … being friends with someone is not an opportunity but a sweet responsibility.

And keep your fork.

The Salt Truck

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This was sent from a friend, and I wish I knew the writer at the end to Thank her for sharing it! It is a wonderful laugh!

Enjoy!

As a trucker stops for a red light, a blonde catches up. She jumps out of her car, runs up to his truck, and knocks on the door.

The trucker lowers the window, and she says, “Hi, my name is Heather and you are losing some of your load.”

The trucker ignores her and proceeds down the street. When the truck stops for another red light, the girl catches up again. She jumps out of her car, runs up and knocks on the window.

Again, the trucker lowers the window. As if they’ve never spoken, the blonde says brightly, “Hi my name is Heather, and you are losing some of your load!”

Shaking his head, the trucker ignores her again and continues down the street.

At the third red light, the same thing happens again. All out of breath, the blonde gets out of her car, runs up, knocks on the truck window.

The trucker lowers the window. Again she says, “Hi, my name is Heather, and you are losing some of your load!”

When the light turns green the trucker revs up and races to the next light. When he stops this time, he hurriedly gets out of the truck, and runs back to the blonde. He knocks on her window, and as she lowers it, he says…

“Hi, my name is Kevin, it’s winter in Minnesota and I’m driving the SALT TRUCK!”

Amazing Storm Photos

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Can you imagine holding your camera steady enough to take these photos!

I cannot nor will I acknowledge that these pictures are what they say, or by whom.

Only will I say that they are beautiful pictures!

“I don’t know in which order the message was to which photo(s) but I feel the photos of the nature and Her forces speaks for themselves. Be Careful in any situation you might find yourself in.”

Deborah

The following picture was taken from the third story balcony of Saint Stanislaus College located next door to Our Lady of  the Gulf church in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi on the morning of August 29th, 2005. This is believed to be the initial tidal  wave from Hurricane Katrina. The tidal wave was approximately 35 to 40 feet high. When it slammed into the beach front  communities of Bay Saint Louis and Waveland Mississippi to completely destroy 99% of every structure along the beach  for 9 miles and over ? of a mile inland. The destruction only started there. The flooding that continued inland destroyed the contents of all but 35 homes in these two communities of approximately 14,000 people.

These pictures were taken  by a man in Magee, MS where the eye of the storm passed thru.

 Magee is 150 miles North of Waveland, Mississippi where the Hurricane made land fall.

  The dance with Katrina, part of her beauty as she left destruction on her exit.

Three Things to Think About!

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COWS

 Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing
 that our government can track a cow born in Canada
 almost three years ago, right to the stall where she
 sleeps in the state of Washington? And, they tracked
 her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million
 illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we
 should give them all a cow.
 

THE CONSTITUTION

  They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for
 Iraq. Why don’t we just give them ours? It was written
 by a lot of really smart guys, it’s worked for over
 200 years and we’re not using it anymore.
 

 TEN COMMANDMENTS

 The real reason that we can’t have the Ten
 Commandments in a courthouse……..

You cannot post
 “Thou Shalt Not Steal,” “Thou Shalt Not Commit
 Adultery” and “Thou Shall Not Lie” in a building full
 of lawyers, judges and politicians — it creates a
 hostile work environment.

The Blonde

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A blonde woman was having financial troubles so she decided to kidnap a child and demand a ransom. She went to a local park, grabbed a little boy, took him behind a tree and wrote a note. “I have kidnapped your child. I am sorry to do this but I need the money. Leave $10,000 in a plain brown bag behind the big oak tree in the park at 7AM.” Signed, “The Blonde.”

She pinned the note inside the little boy’s jacket and told him to go straight home. The next morning, she returned to the park to find the $10,000 in a brown bag behind the big oak tree, just as she had instructed. Inside the bag with the cash was the following note. “Here is your money. I cannot believe that one blonde would do this to another.”

Vanilla Pudding Robbery

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…..true story…..(at least the e-Mail said so!)

This is just too funny not to share. Excerpted from an article which
appeared in the Dublin Times about a bank robbery on March 2.

Once inside the bank shortly after midnight, their efforts at
disabling the security system got underway immediately. The
robbers, who expected to find one or two large safes filled with
cash & valuables, were surprised to see hundreds of smaller safes
throughout the bank.

The robbers cracked the first safe’s combination, and inside they
found only a small bowl of vanilla pudding.

As recorded on the bank’s audio tape system, one robber said, ‘At
least we’ll have a bit to eat.’

The robbers opened up a second safe, and it also contained nothing but
vanilla pudding. The process continued until all s safes were opened.

They did not find one pound sterling, a diamond , or an ounce of gold.
Instead, all the safes contained covered bowls of pudding.
Disappointed, the robbers made a quiet exit, each leaving with
nothing more than a queasy, uncomfortably full stomach. The
newspaper headline read:

IRELAND’S LARGEST SPERM BANK ROBBED EARLY THIS MORNING…

Spaghetti!

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A wealthy man was having an affair with an Italian woman for several years. One night, during one of their rendezvous, she confided in him that she was pregnant. Not wanting to ruin his reputation or his marriage, he paid her a large sum of money, if she would go to Italy to secretly have the child. If she stayed in Italy to raise the child, he would also provide child support until the child turned 18. She agreed, but asked how he would know when the baby was born. To keep it discrete, he told her to simply mail him a post card and write “Spaghetti” on the back. He would then arrange for child support payments to begin.

One day, about 9 months later, he came home to his confused wife. “Honey,” she said. “You received a very strange post card today.”

“Oh, just give it to me and I’ll explain it,” he said.

The wife obeyed and watched as her husband read the card, turned white and fainted.

On the card was written: “Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti. Two with meatballs, one without.