Today is Friday, December 31st, 2004; Karen's Korner #450
A couple of lighthearted thoughts to end the old year and bring in the new one:
A short "Chicken Soup for the Soul" from a couple of days ago:
Keeping the Magic
By Kittie Ellis
Kevin came running from one end of the house to the other screaming with the telephone in hand, "It's Santa, Mom! It's Santa! He's called our house! It's really him!"
I took the phone and tentatively said, "Hello?"
I heard my friend Sandra, laughing, "All I said was, 'Hi, Kevin, it's Sandra!'"
I smiled into the phone. I was about to speak when I caught the sparkle in Kevin's eye. In those beautiful blue eyes the magic of Christmas reflected back, with all the hope and excitement that the season brings. I smiled into the phone and spoke over my friend's laughter: "Yes, Santa, Kevin and Sean have been really good boys. It was so nice of you to phone. Thank you."
I paused a moment as there was a silence on the other end of the line. "And Merry Christmas to you too, Santa," I said, and then I gently hung up the receiver.
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Forwarded to me by Dorothy Reikens:
My mother was away all weekend at a business conference.
During a break, she decided to call home collect.
My six-year-old brother picked up the phone and heard a
stranger's voice say, "We have a Marcia on the line. Will
you accept the charges?"
Frantic, he dropped the receiver and came charging outside
screaming, "Dad! They've got Mom! And they want money!"