You know those commercials where you see a whole family playing a board game or otherwise having a good time and you think bullshit that doesn't happen? Well I am fortunate enough to belong to one of those families. It goes out much farther than brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins and spans generations. When we get together it is common to see people from four generations around a table playing Dominoes and having a great time.
Sadly this week we lost a cherished member of that family, my cousin Heather. She was 38, taught literature arts to 8th and 9th grades and worked at a bookstore. She loved books and when traveling planned on hitting local bookstores. She liked the people she met there.
Heather was driving near Crested Butte heading to her hometown in Oklahoma when her car was hit head on. The driver of the other vehicle is an 18 year old who was passing a truck on a blind curve in a no passing zone. Heather died on impact. The driver of the other vehicle had only slight ...
A 5-year-old boy went to visit his grandmother one day.
Playing with his toys in her bedroom while grandma was dusting, he looked up and said, Grandma, how come you don't have a boyfriend now that Grandpa went to heaven?
Grandma replied, Honey, my TV is my boyfriend. I can sit in my bedroom and watch it all day long. The religious programs make me feel good and the comedies make me laugh ... Im happy with my TV as my boyfriend.
Grandma turned on the TV, and the reception was terrible. She started
adjusting the knobs, trying to get the picture in focus. Frustrated, she started hitting the backside of the TV hoping to fix the problem.
The little boy heard the doorbell ring, so he hurried to open the door and there stood Grandmas minister. The minister said, Hello son, is your Grandma home?
The little boy replied, Yeah, shes in the bedroom bangin her boyfriend.
Mornin