Category: Life with Children

She was the cutest little two year old And she was smart as she could be. She was playing with her tea set And she was serving Daddy tea. She was bringing cups of water, While he was watching Evening News. He smacked his lips and drank each one, No way her Daddy could refuse. […]

Teacher said the Jonah fable Was nothing but a story tale. She said a man could never fit Through the narrow throat of a whale. Peggy said, “It’s in the Bible And so the story must be true. Do you think God, who made the whale, Doesn’t know what a whale can do?” Teacher said, […]

Charley had a cousin who’d believe most anything. He convinced him that his frog could fly and that his dog could sing. The most fun Charley had was to make his cousin cry, So Charley stopped at nothing; he’d even tell a lie. Charley’s dad was the pastor of the biggest church in town. He […]

The excitement that my grandson brought, was about the fish that he had caught. He spread his hands out, oh so wide, at least three feet from side to side. I smiled because of what I know, that’s bigger than a perch can grow. He said as he went out the door, “That’s just how […]

The first day of school and they all wore their names On a tag that was pinned to each shirt. Their mothers saw to it that they wore their best And their faces were washed clean of dirt. As they boarded the bus the driver would write On the back of each name tag, a […]