To Grin or Not to Grin, Is My Dilemma (standard:humor, 903 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Sep 28 2019	Views/Reads: 1385/1020	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
My philosophy has been, find something every day to grin about and you will have a happy life along with fresh lemonade.

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“Have you,” she snapped, “seen my glasses?” 

I did not know what to say because I could see her glasses on the top of
her head where she often puts them. 

Then she discovered where her glasses were and just looked at me. I was
still grinning. 

Recently, she had some problems with her back and I called the ambulance
to take her to the local ER. I took my two daughters with me because 
both were medically trained, one a registered nurse the other an EMT. 

My wife was in awful pain and we could barely move her. The local
ambulance crew took her to the ER and the doctors begin to work on her. 


One of the medications they used was some form of morphine. I let my
daughters oversee that because that was completely above my pay scale. 

Soon the medications were working and her pain was beginning to rescind.
We all were relieved. 

On the wall was a very nice picture of a landscape with trees and bushes
and so forth. I noticed my wife looking at that picture and then she 
said, “Isn't a very nice picture of a pickle?” 

She then looked at me and said, “What are you grinning about?” 

One of my daughters said, “I guess the medication is starting to kick
in.” 

It took us a day or two to explain that it was not a picture of a
pickle, but rather a picture of grass and trees. 

I have been enjoying my grinning ever since. Occasionally my wife will
look at me and say, “You're not still grinning about the pickle are 
you?” 

“Why no,” I say, trying to hide a grin, “have you found your glasses
yet?” 

Trust me when I say, she did not grin back at me. 

Thinking about this I was reminded of one of David's Psalms. “Then was
our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said 
they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them” 
(Psalm 126:2). 

My philosophy has been, find something every day to grin about and you
will have a happy life along with fresh lemonade.


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