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I don’t think = most kids today know what an apron is. The main purpose for Mom’s or = Grandma’s apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had = a few. It was also because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and = aprons used…

My first-grade = grandchild corrected me as I was reading her my favorite = children’s book, “Mr. Bear Squash-You-All-Flat”. (It = is also the favorite of cartoonist Gary Larson who is my age and raised = on that story). The 1948 classic calls this grumpy neighborhood nuisance = a “stupid”…

[Cute = back-to-school stories are not just for little kids. Reports are coming = in from high school/university students who are struggling getting back = in the groove with English grammar and writing skills. Here are some = guidelines first listed 20 years ago on the grif net blog that…

A friend shared, “Last year my youngest = granddaughter, Grace, started kindergarten. After a few days, she came = home and said, “Grandma, I learned all about the slide rule = today.”   I was happy to hear that she was learning something = new and really impressed they were already…

A teacher = shared, “One of my first grader’s lost his mom a year ago, = about the same time I lost mine.  He made a special handwritten = card for me saying that both of us had loving mothers who are angels = together now.   Through tears, =…

While I was at = a church in Mississippi, the pastor announced that their prison quartet = would be singing the following evening. I wasn’t aware there was a = prison in the vicinity, and I looked forward to hearing = them.   The next = evening, I was puzzled…

The= re comes a time – many times, actually – in the lives of our children = where we have to “put the basket in the water”. We have to = let go and trust the plan of the Father. The world is a scary place – a = place…

After a = prosecutor was demoted when the court found out he was trying to make = ends meet by delivering pizzas late night, ‘The Week’ asked = its readers to title a TV show based on this = scenario.   *Law & = Order in   *A Few Good…

[More fun with = pun . . . and using the 9th letter “i” adverbs = this 9th month]   "As soon = as the rain stops, we’ll break camp," said Tom = intently.   "Cryogenic= s is fake science!" Tom said icily.   "I = don’t really hate the…

I was on = campus for an alumni dinner and watched hundreds of students being = dropped off at registration and dorm lots filled up.  It reminded = me of when my kids left for university.  That was nearly 30 = years ago.  I realized today that I’m no longer…

With school = starting, it seems appropriate to have a POP QUIZ for the old folks at = home, too. Have fun matching old board games with their modern, still = popular game you may have on a closet shelf   1 LUDO =3D = 2 MANSION OF = HAPPINESS…

Tim M = admitted, “A genie granted me one wish, so I said, ‘I just = want to be happy’.  Now I’m living in a cottage with 6 = other dwarves and working in a mine.”   Deidre F = shared, “Teenaged boy in front of me bought a Valentine’s…

[Every couple = of years I repeat this Grif.Net blog. Why? Not sure if any of my readers = need it, but I know that I really need to be reminded again and = again.]   Many times, = God will allow a painful situation or a painful circumstance in…