A Funny Story

The Rider Family had met over at Sam and Nadine's and the women were sitting around the table talking.
Violet was telling about the summer Bill came back from service and was working with Lawrence's brother and dad.  His dad had done somethig Bill thought was dangerous and he told Lawrence, he was going out
to the mental hospital where they were doing some construction and get a job and he did.

This made me think of something that had happened right after I started dating Bill so I told this story.
I was in the bedroom at my parents, getting ready to go on a date with Bill.  He and my dad was sitting in
the living room and I think this was the first time my dad had met Bill.  Dad had ask Bill where he worked
and Bill told him he worked construction at the mental hospital in Anna.  Dad said, Have you ever had any
trouble getting out of there of the evening?  For a minute Bill didn't say anything and I thought "Oh dad, I
like this guy, why did you say that.  Then Bill just laughed and said Well he hadn't had any trouble so far.

My Mother

Many women do noble things but you surpass them all. Proverbs 31:29
Today being Mother's Day, our church service was on Proverbs 31.  It made me think of my mother and
this verse was the one that made me think of her.  If I had to come up with one word for my mother as I was growing up, it would be patience.  She never yelled at us.  I can never remember her raising her voice at any of us or my father.  I wish my children could say that about me but they can not.  My mother raised nine children.  She cooked three meals a day.  She made most of us girls clothes.  I don't know how she found
enough time in the day to do all she did.  She worked in the garden and she always had time to plant flowers.  I can remember her scrubbing clothes on the washboard before she had a washing machine.  Even though, she didn't have a highschool education, she could help with homework but the most important thing
she taught us was right from wrong.  Some times I thought she must have a sixth sense because she always
seemed to know if you were doing something you shouldn't be doing.  I feel very blessed to have had her
for a mother.

Amazing Facts

I'm reading a book titled "Killing Lincoln" and it's amazing that back then he had so little protection.  There was one door into the box where the Lincolns were watching the play.  A soldier named John Parker was supposed to be guarding the door.  He is bored because he can't see the play from where he is and apparently he's also thirsty.  He left the door unguarded and goes to a saloon so there was no one there to keep John Wilkes Booth from going right in.  He was never  charged for leaving his post.  He was not punished at all.  This is a very interesting book and things have definitely changed in Washington DC.