Month: October 1995

“Tear up these pages and make paper wads,” I said handing out scrap paper to the elementary-aged Sunday School class. “We are going to have a paper wad fight this morning.” The roomful of children stared My co-worker laughed, “They’ve never had a teacher tell them to have a paper wad flight.” “I’m telling you…

“You want what!? For your birthday this year?” I held the list of suggestions my son had handed me. “Duct tape.” “That two-inch wide gray sticky stuff with strings in it?” “Yep.” I really do try to accommodate, but duct tape?! Why? Because my “pinch every penny twice” son uses it everywhere. Before he ever…

Last Monday evening, my daughter was driving us home to Parkers Chapel when flashing lights and emergency vehicles blocked our path. “Pull off and stop back from the other cars,” I directed. “I better drive for now. We’ll have to find another way home.” As we switched places, a couple of teens sadly walked from…

Robbye Hoggard called me early Friday, “When are you going to start standing your egg on end?” “I began trying a dozen at 6:30 a.m.,” I said. “By 7:30, two of them stood, the rest refused.” By Friday, afternoon, folks were shouting, “I did it! I made an egg stand on end.!” The accomplishment has…

They may disagree, but the men in our family have formed a new club: The Hershberger Fender Benders. It began the night our newest driver bumped into a cement post at the gas station, knocking out the tail lamp’s plastic cover and leaving a crease on the rear fender of the van. “The other kids’…

Robbye Hoggard called me early Friday, “When are you going to start standing your egg on end?” “I began trying a dozen at 6:30 a.m.,” I said. “By 7:30, two of them stood, the rest refused.” By Friday, afternoon, folks were shouting, “I did it! I made an egg stand on end.!” The accomplishment has…