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Never having learned to ride a bicycle as a child, I finally decided to do it in my late twenties. My boyfriend, William, offered to teach me, and we headed to the park for my first lesson. He held on to the seat as I wobbled down a path. My self-consciousness was just beginning to disappear when I saw a father, teaching his little daughter to ride a bike, approaching.

As we passed, I was mortified when William said to the dad, "They grow up so fast, don't they?"

I was with my eldest son one day, driving around town in my old Toyota pickup, when Lawrence was around 5 years old.

The Toyota ran like a top but the glove compartment latch had been broken for some time, and, rather than fix it, I relied on good ol' duct tape to keep it closed.  I could open and close it a few times with the same piece of tape, but after a while I put a new piece of tape in a different location.

My son, being quite observant, asked me about the new piece of tape.  I told him, " I had to get in there for something".

There was a pause.  .  .  and then Lawrence said, "You couldn't fit in there!"

During a sermon one Sunday, the pastor heard two teenage girls in the back giggling and disturbing people.

He interrupted his sermon and announced sternly, "There are two of you here who have not heard a word I've said." That quieted them down.

When the service was over, he went to greet people at the front door. Three different adults apologized for going to sleep in church, promising it would never happen again.

One Sunday a pastor told his congregation that the church needed some extra money and asked the people to prayerfully consider giving a little extra in the offering plate.  He said that whoever gave the most would be able to pick out three hymns.

After the offering plates were passed, the pastor glanced down and noticed that someone had placed a $1,000 bill in offering.  He was so excited that he immediately shared his joy with his congregation and said he'd like to personally thank the person who placed the money in the plate.

And there sat our Rosie all the way in the back shyly raised her hand.  The pastor asked her to come to the front.  Slowly she made her way to the pastor.  He told her how wonderful it was that she gave so much and in thanksgiving asked her to pick out three hymns.

Her eyes brightened as she looked over the congregation, pointed to the three most handsome men in the building and said, "I'll take him and him and him."