Signs of Summer
1- Heat
2- construction cones
3- Loud music , mostly bass, from other cars

Signs of the coming holiday
1- Fireworks
2- Rising Gas prices. In case you haven't noticed, the gas prices went up dramatically.

This is my first fathers day without my father. It feels strange not calling him this morning to wish him a "happy fathers day". I miss the ole boy, but I can still hear his voice. He was my father, and for that I am eternally thankful. Life is a little more hollow without Dad and Mom, but I am much richer for them. I guess that for me that is why there is a fathers day. To remember the lessons of my father, and to try to live up to the high standards that he set. To be the best father I can be.

What a week, or should I say, "What a month." My wife lost her job, we lost our health insurance, and my daughter ended up in the hospital.

My wife was fired from her job because she has depression. Her former employer has done nothing but slam her name, lie about her, lie to her, and smile and say things like , "We want you to be happy and move on." She requested her file, and received a hurriedly put together string of lies and innuendos. We found out that they had purposely harassed, and made other employees write down something negative about Liz. All the awards that she had earned with the company were missing from her records. I realize a company does not like having handicap people working for them, but to try and drive my wife insane has gone beyond the limits. She was set up in the most vicious and cruel way.

Since we had health insurance through her job, it was canceled the day she was fired. My daughter was admitted to the hospital this week. Although she is now home, the diagnosis is that she has an ovarian cyst that may pop, and possibly Croons disease. This will all have to be paid out of pocket.

All of this has put a terrible strain on my wife. She feels that she has let everyone down.

Forgiveness is for those who truly seek forgiveness. I will not feel sad when they are served legal papers. Although I was willing to put this behind me, I support my wife 100% in bringing action. What they did to her, I would not even think of doing to my worst enemy.

Happy Fathers Day. How many ties will be given. How many fathers will get just what they want. How many fathers will get just what they need or deserve. What is fathers day? Is it a day for priests? Do step fathers count. Should it be a day to celebrate our father in heaven? How about a father whose children have passed away. How about fathers who don't know they are fathers?
Where are the rules and who made them up? Should all fathers get the day off? If one day is for fathers, do you ignore your father all the rest of the days? Is there an age limit for fathers? Can you save up fathers days so you can have a fathers week? What is the penalty if you don't celebrate fathers day? Does fathers day apply also to cats, dogs, etc?
What are the right presents for fathers day? Is it ok just to give a card? Is there a penalty for men who pretend to be fathers just to get the presents? How about fathers whose wives are pregnant with their first child? Is fathers day just for straight men or are Gay's included? Do women who are the father figure in a lesbian relationship considered fathers? If this is correct, are power tools out as a gift?
George Washington was the father of our country, Bill Gates is the father of the computer, and other fathers of invention, are they considered for fathers day? If you "father" an idea, are you included?
If your kids never call you father, but call you dad, papa, etc.., are you in?
Since fathers day is so popular, should we tax it? Are fathers allowed to sleep in on fathers day? Who is the resident authority on fathers day? If a father failed to celebrate mothers day, does he forfeit fathers day? If a mother failed to receive her dues on mothers day, does she get to have fathers day as a replacement day? Can mothers and fathers share 1/2 of the day together? If children fail to honor their father on this day, can they be grounded? Do mothers and fathers do so little, that they get only one day apiece? Does anyone know all the rules?

Dear God: Why didn't you save the school children at .... Father Henry Carr Ontario Amish Country, PA Cazenovia, Wisconsin Columbine High School Moses Lake , Washington 2/2/96 Bethel, Alaska 2/19/97 Pearl, Mississippi 10/1/97 West Paducah, Kentucky 12/1/97 Stamp, Arkansas 12/15/97 Jonesboro, Arkansas 3/24/98 Edinboro, Pennsylvania 4/24/98 Fayetteville, Tennessee 5/19/98 Springfield, Oregon 5/21/98 Richmond, Virginia 6/15/98 Littleton, Colorado 4/20/99 Taber, Alberta , Canada 5/28/99 Conyers, Georgia 5/20/99 Deming, New Mexico 11/19/99 Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 12/6/99 Santee, California 3/ 5/01 and El Cajon, California 3/22/01? Sincerely, Concerned Student ----------------------------------------------------- Reply: Dear Concerned Student: I am not allowed in schools. Sincerely, God ---------------------------------------------------------- How did this get started?...

(just read what's underlined if your pressed for time) ----------------- Let's see, I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare complained She didn't want any prayer in our schools. And we said, OK.. ------------------ Then , Someone said you better not read the Bible in school, The Bible that says "thou shalt! Not kill, Thou shalt not steal, And love your neighbors as yourself," And we said, OK... ----------------- Dr. Benjamin Spock said We shouldn't spank our children When they misbehaved Because their little personalities Would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem. And we said, An expert should know what he's talking about So we won't spank them anymore.. ------------------ Then someone said Teachers and principals better not Discipline our children when they misbehave. And the school administrators said No faculty member in this school Better touch a student when they misbehave Because we don't want any bad publicity, And we surely don't want to be sued. And we accepted their reasoning... ------------------ Then someone said let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, And they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said, that's a grand idea... ------------------ Then some wise school board member said, Since boys will be boys And they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they want, So they can have all the fun they desire, And we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we said, that's another great idea... ------------------ Then some of our top elected officials said It doesn't matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. And we said, It doesn't matter what anybody, Including the President, Does in private as long as we have jobs and the economy is good.... ------------------ And someone else took that appreciation a step further And published pictures of nude children And then stepped further still by Making them available on the Internet. And we said, everyone's entitled to free speech.... ------------------ And the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that promote Profanity, violence and illicit sex... And let's record music that encourages Rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes... And we said, it's just entertainment And it has no adverse effect And nobody takes it seriously anyway, So go right ahead. ------------------ Now we're asking ourselves Why our children have no conscience, Why they don't know right from wrong, ! And why it doesn't bother them to Kill strangers, classmates or even themselves. ------------------ Undoubtedly, If we thought about it long and hard enough, We could figure it out. I'm sure it has a great deal to do with... "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW,"

The other day I went up to a local Christian bookstore and saw a honk if you love Jesus bumper sticker.I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting, so I bought the sticker and put in on my bumper. I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is and I didn't notice that the light had changed. It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed.I found that LOTS of people love Jesus. Why, while I was sitting there, the guy behind started honking like crazy, and when he leaned out of his window and screamed, "for the love of God, GO! GO!" What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus. Everyone started honking! I just leaned out of my window and started waving and smiling at all these loving people. I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love. There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach... I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. When I asked my teenage daughter in the back seat what that meant, she said that it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something. Well, I've never met anyone from Hawaii, so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign back. My daughter burst out laughing, why even she was enjoying this religious experience.A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me. I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed.So, I waved to all my sisters and brothers grinning, and drove on through the intersection.I noticed I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and I felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared, so I slowed the car down, leaned out of the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away. Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!

Lawyers............... Good or Bad

We went to our lawyers yesterday to make sure that my wifes rights wern't being violated, and to get his opinion on her serverence package. He can't help us because he also has represented her former employer in the past, and it would be a conflict of interest. Now I know why big companies spread their legal work out to many lawyer. It makes it harder for the ordinary people to get competant legal advice. We now have to go to Grand Rapids to find legal help. I am also aware that they(Liz's former employer) can out spend us in legal cost.

Michigan is in the worst financial shape that it has ever been in. High unemployment, high cost of living, Home repo's at the highest level since the depression, and no one to blame but ourselves. We can't blame our leaders because they are busy blaming each other. We have a lame, or incompetent Governor, and a other elected officials that have lost touch with reality. Still, with all these problems, aliens are still trying to come here. I guess we still have it better then most.

When you look at the grand scale, you are only one person in the whole wide world. That makes you a very small speck. That speck disappears when you compare to the history of the people of the world. Until people try to get together, nothing will get done. The political parties want you divided, or all all one side. (their side) It use to be that the squeaky wheel get the oil. In today's world, the squeaky wheel gets replaced.

A couple was dressed and ready to go out for the evening. They turned on a night light, turned on the phone answering machine, covered their pet parakeet and put the cat in the backyard. They phoned the local cab company and requested a taxi. The taxi arrived and the couple opened the front door to leave their house. The cat they had put out into the yard ran back into the house. They didn't want the cat shut in the house because she always tried to eat the bird.
The wife got into the taxi while the husband went back inside to get the cat. The cat ran upstairs, the man in hot pursuit.

Waiting in the cab, the wife didn't want the driver to know the house would be empty for the night. She explained to the taxi driver that her husband would be out soon. "He's just going upstairs to say good-bye to my mother."
A few minutes later, the husband got into the cab. "Sorry I took so long, he said as they drove away. "Stupid bitch was hiding under the bed. I had to poke her with a coat hanger to get her to come out! She tried to take off so I grabbed her by the neck. Then I had to wrap her in a blanket to keep her from scratching me. But it worked.

I hauled her fat ass downstairs and threw her out into the back yard! She better not shit in the roses!"
The cab driver hit a parked car.