Today is Grandson Grant’s 17th birthday. He has been able to drive a car for over one year. I bought my first car when I was 16 for $75. Maybe Grant will get a car? Happy Birthday Grant.
Sunday is Mother’s Day. I hate the commercialism associated with Mother’s Day. The assumption is that if you don’t get Mom a big gift, you don’t love her. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Mom that we all know and love would enjoy a phone call, a personal visit or some simple declaration of “Mom, I love you”. Give her a big hug.
One of our favorite Grasshoppers got her Mom chocolate covered cherries. They are scrumptious and calorie free. Hey, didn’t I just say gifts weren’t necessary for Mothers Day? Chocolate covered cherries are the exception.
There is a racy book out called Fifty Shades of Grey. It is rated X. Maybe it is rated XX. It is flying off the shelves. A library in Green Bay purchases popular books and you can check them out if they are available. Apparently the library bought Fifty Shades of Grey and has now kicked off a controversy about the appropriateness of such a book because of explicit sexual passages. The library is evaluating the situation which means they don’t intend to remove the book from their archives. I figured, “how damaging can one book be if it lent to one person for long periods of time”? People would get tired of being on the waiting list. The issue turns out to be bigger in magnitude. The library ordered 37 copies of the book and has a waiting list of interested readers of over 500. It sounds like the principled, christian people of the world are losing! No, I’m not on the waiting list!
Have a nice weekend.
Love,
Dad