Wonderful!
-- Royce A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
Mother and daughter shopping
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> A man observed a woman in the grocery store with a three-year-old girl
> in her basket. As they passed the cookie section, the child asked for
> cookies and her mother told her "no." The little girl immediately
> began to whine and fuss, and the mother said quietly, "Now Ellen, we
> just have half of the aisles left to go through; don't be upset. It > won't be long."
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> He passed the mother again in the candy aisle. Of course, the little
> girl began to shout for candy. When she was told she couldn't have
> any, she began to cry. The mother said, "There, there, Ellen, don't
> cry. Only two more aisles to go, and then we'll be checking out." >
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> The man again happened to be behind the pair at the check-out, where
> the little girl immediately began to clamor for gum and burst into a
> terrible tantrum upon discovering there would be no gum purchased
> today. The mother patiently said, "Ellen, we'll be through this check
> out stand in five minutes, and then you can go home and have a nice > nap."
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> The man followed them out to the parking lot and stopped the woman to
> compliment her. "I couldn't help noticing how patient you were with > little Ellen..."
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> The mother broke in, "My little girl's name is Tammy. I'm Ellen." >
> from Chris in Michigan
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