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The Sunday Op-Ed

1) The Easter Bunny

The bunny who used to leave bunny foot prints on the floor of my Uncle George's house, but never at ours. But that's okay. Santa used to leave us notes on the blackboard in the kitchen but didn't leave notes for Uncle George's kids.

2) Cadbury

What I used to think of every time I read the name "Carbury" in the book I just finished reading.

3) Parades

Something I like to watch, but not participate in. I remember as a little kid wondering every Easter why we didn't have an Easter parade. I used to think I'd like to be in that parade with my Easter bonnet.

Thanks Chris!

I have another story about Chico Ringo. When I was 6 years-old my best friend Lisa moved in next door. She and her family had lived about half a block away, but it was across a fairly busy street which meant we couldn't just go play together any time we wanted. So when the family moved next door to us it was a big deal. Lisa has a sister who's my sister's age and a brother a year younger than my brother, so we were all pretty happy. Even though Lisa's parents are about 20 years younger than my parents, they got to be friends as well. In fact, Lisa's mom and my mom are still very close although Lisa's mom moved several years ago. (not far; just a few blocks away) Anyway, Lisa's family adopted Buttons about the same time we adopted Chico Ringo. Buttons was *gasp* a dog! We thought for sure Buttons and Chico Ringo would fight like, well, cats and dogs. But it was just the opposite. They loved each other. Sometimes when Buttons was on her chain in the front yard Chico Ringo would go sit on the neighbor's front porch. They'd nap next to each other, watch the neighbor's and other animals go by and just generally hang out and do whatever it is cats and dogs do when they're not with their people. They were so cute together, just like cats and dogs who grow up in the same house. Buttons also lived to a ripe old age. Our family was just as sad as Buttons' family when she had to be put to sleep. But we all knew, at least (if you believe in that sort of thing), Chico Ringo and Buttons would be together again.

Again, there's no point to this post. It's just something I wanted to share.

Happy Easter!

I was in high school when my parents finally decided it was okay for us to have a pet. My brother had turtles. I had a salamander (Sammy). We all had goldfish. But they decided we were ready for a cat. Actually, it was my mom who gave the go-ahead. gave in to our pleading. My dad didn't want a cat in the house. No way. No how. So, around the time of my brother's 7th birthday (I think it was his 7th) we got Chico Ringo. (I was the only person in the house with a crush on Freddie Prinze). My dad looked at her, then disappeared for a while. When he came back, he had a little white ceramic bowl with him. That had been his cat's feeding dish when he was a little boy. We later learned that the reason my dad didn't want us to have a cat is that he was so devastated when his cat died. He didn't want us to go through that, and he didn't want to go through it again either. When Chico Ringo died 14 years later, we were all pretty upset. But my dad is the one who made a memorial marker out of a stone and placed it under the rose bush where Chico Ringo liked to sun herself in the backyard.

Do you ever see people on the street or in a parking lot or anyplace else and make up stories about them? Yesterday zack and I were waiting for our friend while he was in the convenience store buying gas, water, smokes, Mountain Dew, lottery ticket (all the essentials). We see this guy next to the Dumpster cleaning out his purple pickup truck. He had handful after handful of soda bottles, water bottles, papers, fast food bags. You name it. It was probably in there. So zack said he probably had a hot date ... his first ever. (You'd have to see the guy to realize zack was probably right about this guy never going on a date.) Then I said maybe he has to clean out the truck because he's taking his mother to church on Sunday. No sooner did I say that when zack saw the guy take two Bibles from the back and put them in the front seat.

I didn't promise an earth-shattering post. *s* I just wanted to share something I shared with zack because I haven't seen him in a long time and I really missed him.

Yesterday my friend and I were talking about our days working in convenience stores. We both liked working morning shifts best. Why? It's nice to know that you started someone's day off on the right track. And just think. If you started someone's day off right, that person may pass the good feelings on to other people, and so on and so on and so on ....

When I was a senior in college my 3 best friends and I spent Easter break in Bermuda. It was totally awesome! We stayed at a guest house. Our hosts were an older married couple, George and Ida Storms. They were wonderful. They even gave the okay for us to hang out at their private club on the beach. But there was one really strange thing that happened/we all learned. You know how in America (at least the places I know here) Good Friday is more or less a solemn occasion (or at least it used to be), a time for contemplation, reflection, prayer? Well, when we woke up on Good Friday morning, we found a loaf of freshly baked banana bread on our doorstep and a note that said "Happy Good Friday." We later learned that the annual kite show is held on Good Friday every year. Generally, Good Friday is a day of celebration in Bermuda. I guess it's all in your perspective on things.

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The Friday Five

1. If you could eat dinner with and "get to know" one famous person (living or dead), who would you choose? Jesus Christ. I didn't always feel that way. Just a few years ago I might have said Bruce Springsteen or Sandra Bullock. But now, I think I'd like to find out how Jesus feels about the world today, and if I'm living my life in a way that he thinks is okay.

2. Has the death of a famous person ever had an effect on you? Who was it and how did you feel? I was really sad when JFK Jr. died. I can't quite place my finger on the reason why. Part of it is that I'd had a crush on him since I was 16. Also, I think he had a lot of potential and was just beginning to live up to it. I was also very sad when Princess Diana died. I think she really was a good person with a good heart and wanted to help people.

3. If you could BE a famous person for 24 hours, who would you choose? Sandra Day O'Connor

4. Do people ever tell you that you look like someone famous? Who? Quite a few, actually. Mostly though (this is when I was thin) it's been Drew Barrymore or (now) Rosie O'Donnell.

5. Have you ever met anyone famous? Yes. Hillary Clinton, Ben Vereen, Leslie Uggams, Maureen McGovern, Crystal Gayle, Marilyn Horne, Doc Severinsen, the Oakridge Boys, football Hall of Famers Jim Kelly and Joe Theisman, Pro-Bowl football player Henry Jones, football players Jack Lambert, Jack Webster and Rocky Bleir and the guy who invented Zippo lighters (he was my neighbor). I also talked to Tom Ridge on the phone.