Monday, April 14, 2014

HOW I BECAME SO PATIENT

PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING ME HOW I BECAME SUCH A PATIENT PERSON.  I HAVE GIVEN THAT A LOT OF THOUGHT, AND FINALLY FIGURED OUT THE ANSWER.  MY CHILDREN TAUGHT ME.
I HAVE THREE GROWN CHILDREN NOW WITH CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN.  I SEE WHAT PATIENT WONDERFUL PARENTS THEY TURNED OUT TO BE, AND I THINK IT IS MAINLY BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION WAS, MY CHILDREN NEVER SAW ME LOSE MY COOL-THAT IS AFTER THIS ONE TIME.  I THINK AFTER THIS ONE THING HAPPENED, I FIGURED NOTHING COULD EVER TOP THAT, SO FROM THAT POINT FORWARD I ALWAYS REMAINED COMPOSED AND CALM.
I'M SURE YOU ARE CURIOUS AS TO WHAT WAS ABLE TO RATTLE EVERY NERVE IN MY ENTIRE BODY, SO FORGIVE ME SON, BUT HERE IT IS.
MY TWO OLDEST CHILDREN WANTED TO GO SEE THE MOVIE "GEORGE" ABOUT A ST. BERNARD DOG, AND SO SINCE THEY HAD BEEN SO GOOD, I DECIDED TO REWARD THEM, AND TAKE THEM TO THE MOVIES.
ON THE WAY, I NEEDED TO STOP  FOR GAS.  I ASKED MY DAUGHTER (THE OLDER OF THE TWO-6 AT THE TME) TO WATCH HER 3 YEAR OLD BROTHER WHILE I WENT INSIDE TO PAY.  WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE CAR, MY 3 YEAR OLD SON WAS MISSING.  I ASKED MY DAUGHTER WHERE HER BROTHER WAS, AND SHE JUST SHRUGGED HER SHOULDERS.  NEXT I SAW THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT IN THE MIDDLE  OF HWY 1792 WAVING HIS ARMS FRANTICALLY AND SCREAMING LOUDLY.  AS IT TURNS OUT, IN THE TWO MINUTES IT TOOK ME TO PAY FOR MY GAS, A TRUCK WITH A HORSE TRAILER PULLED UP NEXT TO MY CAR.  MY SON WHO LOVES HORSES GOT OUT OF MY CAR AND CLIMBED UP ONTO THE HOURSE TRAILER TO GET A BETTER LOOK AT THE HORSE.  THEN THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK PULLED OUT ON TO THE HIGHWAY TOTALLY UNAWARE OF HIS NEW PASSENGER!!  THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE STORY, BUT SINCE IT IS SO MUCH LONGER THAN MY OTHER BLOGS, I WILL FINISH TELLING YOU THE REST OF THE STORY TOMORROW-BE PATIENT !!  HAVE A HAPPY DAY.  LINDA-OUT

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