"Yesterday's today is tomorrow's past ,
Whatever happens will never last ,
Given to livin' we do our best ,
but we are nought but life's little jest ."

I used to make love under a red sunset
I was making promises I would soon forget
She was pale as the lace of her wedding gown
But I left her standing before love came to town

I ran into a juke joint when I heard a guitar scream
The notes were turning blue, I was dazing in a dream
As the music played I saw my life turn around
That was the day before love came to town...

I go to Starbucks not so much for the coffee but to steal the crossword puzzle from the morning paper

anon, I do feel nothing but sympathy for you. Here you have wasted all day and got hardly any satisfaction at all from it. Only a very few comments and most of those were from me.
So, I pledge at this moment to leave you alone. I apologize for using some of your valuable room.
What disturbs me most is, do you desire a private graveside service or should we rooers stay and cremate you right here?

A auburn blonde and a brunette both board an elevator and push the buttons for their respective floors. On the next floor, the door opens and a businessman wearing a black suit boards the elevator. It's evident that the man has dandruff problems, because it can be seen on the shoulder of his suit.

Two floors later the man gets off, and the two women remain. When the door closes the brunette says, "Someone should give that guy some Head & Shoulders."

The auburn blonde then responds, "How do you give shoulders?"

Gone, But Not Forgotten

Wherever you are, whatever you do, whichever the day;
Your loved ones are never
really far away.

Sometimes in life we endure pain that cannot be measured;
It could be loss of loved ones that we richly treasured.

No, you may never understand and sometimes
be unable to cope;
But remember that in every rainbow, there’s new hope.


They are in your smiles and definitely in your heart;
Their love for you never ends no matter the distance apart.

Remember that they
are up in Heaven above;
Surrounded by the greatest
and purest of love.

Your heart is still tender and the pain is still there;
But know that you’re never alone because we will
always care.


No one pretends to know the depth of the loss that you feel;
For the pain and the sadness are so real.

But look past the sadness and reach for the sky;
Your love continues to grow for them even as days go by.


Hold on tight to the memories and never let them go;
You have more blessings surrounding you than
you’ll ever know.

Trust God in His wisdom and in His powerful ways;
And He’ll bring you comfort in all of your days.

Gone, but NOT forgotten...
this much is true;
May you find peace in knowing that your loved ones love you.


Blessed and enviably happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted!
Matthew 5:4

As I, like most other Americans and people world-wide, was watching and listening to the horror that took place on the East Coast (September 11, 2001), I heard many people ask the question,
"Where was God?"

I was reminded of an interview with a Holocaust survivor that was asked the same question.
Her response inspired the following words.

Where was God in all of this?


God was in the rescue workers who were running into the buildings
as most people were running out.

God was in the flight attendant who called her husband as her plane
was being hijacked to tell him that she loved him.

God was in the two men who carried a wheelchair-bound woman
down 70 flights of stairs to safety.

God was in the people who stood bleeding, in line to give blood.

God was in the strangers in cars, picking up strangers stranded in the city
and taking them home to their families.

God is in the people who are begging to volunteer, to do anything to help.

God is in the thousands, if not millions who are flooding blood banks
thousands of miles away to help people they have never met.

God is in the people who are comforting someone
even when they don't know what to say.

God is in the people who watched and cried for people
who may remain anonymous in name,
but never in their sacrifice.

God is in my neighborhood where I see flags waving from every home.

God is in the men and women, looking at 110 stories of rubble,
and seeing the opportunity to find survivors.

God is with the heroes, most of whom will never be on the news, whose stories will only be told to their closet friends and family; but who saved someone's mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, son, husband, wife,
grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, cousin, lover, colleague, acquaintance, teacher, mentor or friend with a single act of kindness, compassion and bravery.

God was not in the hearts of the people
that caused these inhumane events, however,
God was indeed there,
where He was needed the most.

~ Author Unknown ~


God is our refuge and strength,
always ready to help in times of trouble.
Psalms 46:1
(New Living Translation)

A lonely woman, JaR, decided that it was time to get married. She put an ad in the local paper that read:

HUSBAND WANTED!
MUST BE IN MY AGE GROUP (50's),
MUST NOT BEAT ME,
MUST NOT RUN AROUND ON ME,
AND MUST STILL BE GOOD IN BED!
ALL APPLICANTS PLEASE APPLY IN PERSON.

On the second day she heard the doorbell. Much to her dismay, she opened the door to see a gray-haired gentleman with no arms or legs sitting in a wheelchair. The JaR said, "You're not really asking me to consider you, are you? Just look at you.... you have no legs!" The old man smiled, "Therefore I cannot run around on you!"

She snorted. "You don't have any hands either!" Again the old man smiled, "Nor can I beat you!"

She raised an eyebrow and gazed intently. "Are you still good in bed?" With that, the old gentleman leaned back, beamed a big broad smile and said, "I rang the doorbell, didn't I?"

There was this couple from South Carolina who had been married for 40 years. They were sitting at the breakfast table one morning when the husband said to his wife, "Just think, Angel, we've been married for 40 years."

"Yeah," Angel replied, "Just think, fifty years ago we were sitting here at this breakfast table together."

"Yep," the old man said, "We were probably sitting here naked as jaybirds fouty years ago."

"Well," Angel snickered, "What do you say... should we get naked?"

Sure enough, the two stripped down to the buff and sat down at the table.

"You know, honey," the little Angel replied breathlessly, "My nipples are as hot for you today as they were fifty years ago."

"I wouldn't be surprised," replied the husband. "One's in your coffee and the other's in your oatmeal!"

Tootsie Pop didn't know what the sign in the store window meant when she concocted an idea.

The sign said "Suits $5.00 each, Shirts $2.00 each, Trousers $2.50 per pair".

Tootsie says to her pal, "Becky, Look! We could buy a whole lot of those, and when we get back to Oklahoma, we could make a fortune. Now when we go into the shop, you be quiet, okay? Just let me do all the talking cause if they hear our accent, they might not be nice to us. I'll speak in my best Texas drawl."

They go in and Tootsie says, "I'll take 50 suits at $5.00 each, 100 shirts at $2.00 each, and 50 pairs of trousers at $2.50 each. I'll back up my pickup and ......"

The owner of the shop interrupts, "You're from Oklahoma, aren't you?"

"Well...yes," says a surprised Tootsie. "How come you know that?"

The owner says, "This is a dry cleaners."