From: theise@panix.com   
      
   On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 02:03:49 -0000 (UTC),   
     Carol  wrote:   
   >  Ted Heise wrote:   
      
   > > One night, when the kids were still at home, my wife fixed   
   > > supper.  After getting into the meal, our youngest asked (in   
   > > his inimitable way), "Mom, Ted didn't make this, did he?"   
   >   
   >  LOL!  Kids can be brutal by accident!   
      
   Yeah, and that wasn't the only time.  In her 50s, my wife   
   sorrowfully let the kids know the chronic arthritis in an ankle   
   was going to end her walking days at some point.  This same kid   
   piped up, "That's okay, Mom; you've had a good life."   
      
   --   
   Ted Heise             West Lafayette, IN, USA   
      
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