Just days after Daddy’s death, Brother Gobel, a Pentecostal preacher, paid a condolence call to Mother. A Bantam Rooster of a man, he was bow-legged, bald and not much taller than she, a stark contrast to the tall, handsome husband she was still mourning. He drank coffee, prayed with her, as ministers on visits normally do, and took his leave. Thinking no more of it, Mother was shocked to get a letter from him a few days later. Even more startling, was the fact that it included an epic poem of love telling of his devotion and hopes for their future together, followed up with a marriage proposal, and some appropriate Biblical quotations about the role of wives, remarking that he’d always admired what a dutiful wife she had been, waiting on Daddy hand and foot. Wisely, she pitched the letter in the trash. Unwisely, she told me about it. One of my great…
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Love your posts. Also your Word Press account. If you don’t mind me asking two questions: Is your WP site the free one, and did you set it up yourself. My site needs sprucing up – it is dull. Keep on writing. 🙂
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Thank you. It is the free one. Thanks.
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Did you do all the designing, etc. to your site? Guess I will have to take one of WP classes to see if I can spruce up my site. Thanks
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Yeas, I just went to one of choices on left sidebar, picked a theme and added some art.
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Thanks, I’ll have to play around with it. Appreciate your comments.
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It took me awhile. I am extremely computer Illiterate.
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Well, believe me when I say that it is hard to believe looking your Word Press account. It is much more vibrant, and fun to look at than mine is.
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Thank you. Probably the art.
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