Have you had those moments in life that perplex you? Those instances where you scratch your head and think, "What's this world coming to?" Do you have them often? Have you had a lot of them? Time to write them down and craft a story!
Yesterday I went to a local "bakery cafe" and ordered my favorite sandwich: Turkey with cranberry on dark molasses bread. Mmmm. The order taker was apologetic as he informed me, "I'm sorry, we are out of the dark bread, would you mind if we substituted wheat bread?" I had little choice, so I agreed. I grabbed the bagged sandwich with it’s requisite chocolate chip cookie included, and headed for my sister’s house to join my two siblings for dinner.
I waited patiently for some time as they each finished some chores and then prepared their own dinners. We all sat down. I unwrapped the crinkly brown paper holding together the usually messy but marvelous fare, only to discover that, indeed, it had wheat bread, lettuce, tomatoes, cranberry sauce – but no turkey! What’s this world coming to?
I was less incredulous as to the fact that I would have no turkey for dinner, as I was to the realization that someone had actually MADE this sandwich and had FORGOTTEN to put in the main ingredient!
Perhaps I should have known better. I remembered several other times when similar deficits have puzzled my very logical brain. My friend and I had once gone to DQ and were told that they were “out of ice cream.” What? Out of the ONE THING that you sell? Another time, the same friend and I had a taste for succulent, barbecued, baby backs, and we headed to the nearest Tony Roma’s to get down and messy with a couple of full racks. Can you take a guess? That’s right, no ribs! I believe in our shock and horror, we must have asked half a dozen times, “How can you be out of ribs? That’s all you do!”
If you’ve got a bunch of those “What’s this world coming to?” moments, it’s time to string them together to form a story that I’m sure many can relate to!
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Sad news this week about the passing of Nelson Mandela, one of the greatest men of our time. His own life stories are filled with inspiration for all.
