Rhonda,
I've seen this one before, and it's still true. I'm thankful to have that
very same drug problem.
JulieMelton
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www.heart-and-music.com
Keep smiling!
>From: Rhonda Partain <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Electronic Church <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: thoughts on why we didn't have a drug problem when we were young
>Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:40:47 -0500
>
>Someone sent me this, thought you guys might appreciate it as I did!
>
>The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a
>methamphetamine
>lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and
>he asked me
>a rhetorical question, ''Why didn't we have a drug problem when you
>and I
>were growing up?''
>I replied: I had a drug problem when I was young:
>I was drug to church on Sunday morning.
>I was drug to church for weddings and funerals.
>I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the
>weather.
>I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults.
>I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a
>lie,
>brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke
>ill of the
>teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put forth my best effort in
>everything
>that was asked of me.
>I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth! washed out with soap
>if I
>uttered a profane four-letter word.
>I was drug out to pull weeds in mom's garden and flowerbeds and
>cockleburs
>out of dad?s field.
>I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors to help
>out some
>poor soul, who had no one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline,
>or chop
>some firewood; and, if my mother had ever known that I took a single
>dime as a
>tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed.
>Those drugs are still in my veins; and they affect my behavior in
>everything
>I do, say, and think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or
>heroin; and,
>if today's children had this kind of drug problem, America would be
>a better
>place.
>~Author unknown~
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