kathy,
Dectalk calls you du bois, as in French pronounciation. Or do you pronounce
your name, duboys?
Vinny
----- Original Message -----
From: "MV" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: a great story of mix ups
> Kathy,
>
> That's funny my E mail program said...
>
> From: Kathy Du Bois <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Must have been one of those other Kathy Du Bois' again.
>
> Brad
>
>
> At 11:48 AM 2/11/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>>Brad, what are you talking about! GRIN! That message was from
>>anonymous, not me!! I didn't say that! GRIN!
>>
>>
>>
>>At 11:19 AM 2/11/2006, you wrote:
>> >Kathy,
>> >
>> >Finally, after all these years, a lifetime of trying. Finally, finally,
>> >finally, I can rest assured now, that I've done something right. Thank
>> >you
>> >thank you thank you thank you for acknowledging that. I can now stop
>> >trying. If only you had told me twenty years ago though that would have
>> >saved me two decades of trying.
>> >
>> >Brad
>> >
>> >
>> >At 07:40 AM 2/11/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>> > >Brad,
>> > >My niece is a teacher in the building now. It's still standing so,
>> > >maybe you did something right after all. Oops! I don't think that
>> > >that came out right. Oh well, I'll leave it. GRIN!
>> > >Anonymous
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >At 07:47 PM 2/10/2006, you wrote:
>> > > >Kathy,
>> > > >
>> > > >I take that back, if it was still leaking then you must have
>> > been there and
>> > > >gone before we fixed it hahahahaha. If the Historical Society would
>> > > >have
>> > > >agreed to get rid of those dad-gum copper decoration things up there
>> we'd
>> > > >have nailed it good hahaha. The way those things were on there
>> > > >wasn't
>> > > >really too good and they wouldn't allow you to mess with them too
>> > > >much. Oh I see, you were the cute one I remember now... but
>> > > >wait...
>> > > >wasn't that Glenn Du Bois's wife that worked there? Ouch that
>> > was low haha.
>> > > >Actually there were some Du bois my mother-in-law use to work for
>> but not
>> > > >sure if it is the same name. They were the D in DC Equipment on
>> > 10th Street
>> > > >plus had other business ventures in the area. The name was always
>> > > >pronounced Du Boze but not sure the spelling. I've heard your last
>> > > >name
>> > > >pronounced Du Boys, Du bwah, and Du Boze. Better than how mine gets
>> > > >pronounced most times hahahaha.
>> > > >
>> > > >Brad
>> > > >
>> > > > At 06:26 PM 2/10/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>> > > > >Why Brad,
>> > > > >You remember me! I was the really cute thing that really whipped
>> > > > >those kids into shape. GRIN! Actually, my one fear in posting
>> > > > >this
>> > > > >story was, "Oh Lord, what if Brad knows one of these other Gregs,
>> > > > >or
>> > > > >Kathys, or, maybe, Gasp, Glen!" You know, it's risky to reveal
>> > > > >small
>> > > > >town secrets! Ug, I remember that building well. It never really
>> > > > >did stop leaking despite all your hard work! GRIN!
>> > > > >Kathy
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > >At 05:59 PM 2/10/2006, you wrote:
>> > > > > >Kathy,
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >That is amazing hahahaha. I'd not think that is a terribly
>> > common name,
>> > > > > >but I guess it is. Oh, I'm not sure of the time frame
>> > exactly, but while
>> > > > > >you were down below teaching kids? I was probably at one
>> > point in there
>> > > > > >only feet above you putting the roof on the Intermediate
>> > School District
>> > > > > >building on First Street in Menominee... I remember being up
>> there at
>> > > > > >midnight in a storm replacing tarps that had blown offtoo...
>> > > > > >that is
>> > > not a
>> > > > > >place to be in a thunderstorm folks lol. It's a small world
>> > > > > >isn't it
>> > > > > >though. Oh and say "hi" to your hubby Glen for us on the list
>> > > > > >here
>> > > too eh?
>> > > > > >hahahahaahaha "ducking now*
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >Brad
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >At 05:02 PM 2/10/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>> > > > > > >--=====================_35073375==.ALT
>> > > > > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > >A story of mix ups
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > >Okay everybody, mix-ups don't just happen in hospitals. While
>> Greg
>> > > > > > >and I lived in Menominee Michigan, we were involved in some of
>> > > > > > >the
>> > > > > > >most confusing mix-ups that I ever hope to go through. Here
>> are the
>> > > > > > >highlights.
>> > > > > > >In 1984, we moved to Menominee where I had been hired to
>> > be a teacher
>> > > > > > >for the intermediate school district, working with the
>> > > > > > >mentally
>> > > > > > >impaired. As soon as we arrived in the community, we began
>> > > > > > >church
>> > > > > > >shopping and settled on a church in the area that we really
>> > > > > > >liked. We jumped in with both feet, because that's just kind
>> of the
>> > > > > > >way we are, so we became known pretty quickly by the pastor
>> and the
>> > > > > > >congregation. Unfortunately, we have never been able to
>> receive the
>> > > > > > >local paper. We just always felt that other things were more
>> > > > > > >important to pay for and all we usually do with the paper is
>> > > > > > >go
>> > > > > > >through the comics and do the crossword puzzle. It just isn't
>> worth
>> > > > > > >the subscription cost. Anyway, imagine our surprise about a
>> > > > > > >month
>> > > > > > >after our involvement in the church when the pastor pulled us
>> aside
>> > > > > > >and asked us if the congregation could expect a lot of trouble
>> from
>> > > > > > >us. We had no clue what he was talking about, so he showed us
>> > > > > > >the
>> > > > > > >article in the paper.
>> > > > > > >Evidently, a man named, Greg Du Bois, (unfortunately for us no
>> > > > > > >address was given), was in the paper for some funny dealings
>> in the
>> > > > > > >tree industry. I believe that it was in the court reports and
>> > > > > > >his
>> > > > > > >brother was involved as well. We assured him that it wasn't
>> us and
>> > > > > > >hoped that it was the end of the matter, but it was just the
>> > > beginning.
>> > > > > > >While I was pregnant with Matthew, another lady began
>> attending the
>> > > > > > >same church with a five-year-old son. Her name was Kathy
>> > Du Bois and
>> > > > > > >her son's name was Christopher. She joined the choir and we
>> got to
>> > > > > > >know each other some. Her husband's name was Glen, so we
>> > > > > > >didn't
>> > > > > > >think much of it as far as being another matter of
>> > confusion. By the
>> > > > > > >way, Glen did not attend church so now; it was just to two
>> > > > > > >Kathy's
>> > > > > > >who was a confusing matter.
>> > > > > > >About a year later, I gave birth to a Christopher of my own.
>> > > > > > >I
>> > > > > > >didn't think anything of giving him that name because we and
>> > > > > > >the
>> > > > > > >other Kathy didn't associate much. Anyway, We had Chris in
>> Greenbay
>> > > > > > >and we chose to leave within twelve hours of his birth so they
>> were
>> > > > > > >not able to administer his PKU test. A baby needs to be more
>> > > > > > >than
>> > > > > > >three days old for this test to be accurate. We took our
>> > Christopher
>> > > > > > >to our local hospital when he was around five days old to have
>> > > > > > >the
>> > > > > > >PKU test administered and, instead of beginning a new file on
>> > > > > > >our
>> > > > > > >Christopher, they pulled up this other Christopher's file and
>> said,
>> > > > > > >"Oh yes, didn't he fall out of a tree a few days ago and break
>> > > > > > >his
>> > > > > > >arm?" Unfortunately, Chris had not fallen out of a tree. He
>> > > > > > >had
>> > > > > > >fallen out of me and nothing was broken, but we learned that
>> we were
>> > > > > > >both using the same pediatrician.
>> > > > > > >Well, life went on and after a while, there was news of a
>> > break in at
>> > > > > > >a local drug store by, a Du Bois. We were visited by the
>> > > > > > >police. They wanted us to tell us about Greg's brother
>> > Glen. What a
>> > > > > mess.
>> > > > > > >Then, the police showed up at our door a few months
>> > later. They were
>> > > > > > >really looking for my Greg this time because a student loan
>> from way
>> > > > > > >back in his own drug days, before he became a Christian had
>> not been
>> > > > > > >paid and the government was there to collect. We didn't know
>> > > > > > >anything about this bill because they had been sending
>> > > > > > >collection
>> > > > > > >notices to Menominee Mississippi, but that didn't seem to help
>> > > > > > >us
>> > > > > > >much. Fortunately, the bill was only about $300 and how that
>> > > > > > >got
>> > > > > > >paid off is another miraculous story that I won't bother to
>> > > > > > >take a
>> > > > > > >detour to tell here, but it is pretty good, none the
>> less. Anyway,
>> > > > > > >the police were at my door and Greg was on the beach, about
>> > > > > > >four
>> > > > > > >blocks away, with Matthew, who was, I think two, at the time,
>> > > > > > >so I
>> > > > > > >really panicked because I had no idea what they wanted.
>> > > > > > >Eventually, we got all the mess straightened around and we
>> > > > > > >thought
>> > > > > > >that life was good until I received a call one day from a
>> financial
>> > > > > > >planner congratulating me on the birth of my twins. I gasped
>> > > > > > >and
>> > > > > > >stuttered. Then, the man on the other end said, "Aren't
>> > you Kathy Du
>> > > > > Bois?"
>> > > > > > >I replied that I was. "And isn't your husband Greg?"
>> > > > > > >I confirmed that he was, but I assured him that I hadn't had
>> > > > > > >twins
>> > > > > > >lately and I thought that I should know. As we talked, I
>> > > > > > >learned
>> > > > > > >that, evidently, the person who had been involved in the
>> > > > > > >illegal
>> > > > > > >dealings at the beginning of this missive had married a girl
>> > > > > > >named
>> > > > > > >Kathy and they had been blessed with twins. All I could
>> > say over and
>> > > > > > >over was "Thank you Lord It's not me." Unfortunately, now,
>> > > > > > >there
>> > > > > > >were at least Three Kathy Du Bois in Menominee county and all
>> of us
>> > > > > > >had kids and some of us were shady characters.
>> > > > > > >We thought that our problems were over when we finally
>> > left Menominee
>> > > > > > >county and moved to Grand Rapids so that Greg could finish up
>> > > > > > >his
>> > > > > > >under Graduate work. Imagine our surprise about a month
>> > after moving
>> > > > > > >when we received a letter from a lawyer assuring us that the
>> > > > > > >suit
>> > > > > > >against Greg's mother would probably succeed and we could look
>> > > > > > >forward to about $75,000 in profit from the proceedings. I
>> > > > > > >think
>> > > > > > >that a simple phone call straightened that one up, but I can't
>> > > > > > >remember for sure right now.
>> > > > > > >When we moved to Grand Rapids, I was pregnant with Elizabeth
>> who was
>> > > > > > >born on February 8. We were so happy to have a daughter, but,
>> > > > > > >unfortunately, attending our church at the same time were two
>> other
>> > > > > > >ladies who gave birth within the ten days before Liz was
>> born. Both
>> > > > > > >children were girls, the first girl in their family and each
>> had two
>> > > > > > >older brothers, just like Elizabeth. To make matters worse,
>> > > > > > >the
>> > > > > > >first girl was named Elisa and the other girl was Emily. We
>> > > > > > >were
>> > > > > > >often getting called out of church for the wrong baby so, to
>> really
>> > > > > > >have fun with the mess, we decided to have all three girls
>> dedicated
>> > > > > > >on the same day with all the brothers in tow just to create a
>> > > > > > >scene. The worst part is when the pastor reached to take our
>> sweet
>> > > > > > >daughter, who was about two months old at the time, into
>> > his arms and
>> > > > > > >she grabbed his mike and decided to begin screaming. She
>> > > > > > >hadn't
>> > > > > > >wanted to be taken away from her mother, I guess. Anyway,
>> she's the
>> > > > > > >only child I know of whom had to be removed from her own
>> dedication
>> > > > > > >because no one else could hear anything!
>> > > > > > >Nothing more really happened after that until we moved to
>> > > > > > >Maine. About a year after we moved hear, I received a call
>> > > > > > >from a
>> > > > > > >lady telling me that her name was Kathy Du Bois and, she was
>> afraid
>> > > > > > >that our prescriptions had been mixed up because we both
>> > use the same
>> > > > > > >pharmacy. Fortunately, I don't take any drugs, so I was able
>> to put
>> > > > > > >her mind at ease. We had probably had a prescription filled
>> > > > > > >for
>> > > > > > >antibiotics for one of the kids or something. Anyway, she
>> felt that
>> > > > > > >there was a mix up. I believe that her son was a
>> Christopher too,
>> > > > > > >if I'm not mistaken.
>> > > > > > >And, if I had been writing this a month ago, I probably would
>> > > > > > >have
>> > > > > > >thought that that was the end of the story, but thanks to my 9
>> year
>> > > > > > >old, Caleb, we've learned of even another Kathy dubois since
>> > > > > > >then. Caleb wanted to do the shopping. He was given the list
>> > > > > > >and
>> > > > > > >given very strict instructions to find us after he had
>> > > > > > >collected
>> > > > > > >things and that he was not to go through the check out line
>> without
>> > > > > > >us. Imagine our surprise, as Greg and I were just strolling
>> around
>> > > > > > >and wasting time while Caleb was trying to be a big boy, when
>> > > > > > >we
>> > > > > > >heard our names announced over the loud speaker and
>> > ordered to report
>> > > > > > >to the front of the store immediately. It sounded like we
>> > > > > > >were in
>> > > > > > >trouble. I stayed in one place, thinking that Caleb might be
>> > > > > > >lost. Our thought was that one of us should stay put and
>> visible so
>> > > > > > >that Caleb could find us easily. It just made sense that I got
>> to be
>> > > > > > >the lucky one to stay put. Oh goody! Well, Greg whisked
>> > passed the
>> > > > > > >deli section toward the front just in time to over here a
>> > > > > > >conversation between two ladies. The one was saying, "Well
>> > > > > > >they
>> > > > > > >said, Kathy Du Bois should report to the front of the store."
>> > > > > > >The
>> > > > > > >other woman, left the counter, rather confused, and mumbling,
>> > > > > > >'I
>> > > > > > >wonder why." Yes folks, another Kathy Du Bois had been
>> > flushed out
>> > > > > > >of hiding!
>> > > > > > >OH, before I leave this point, I suppose you are wondering why
>> > > > > > >we
>> > > > > > >were paged? Well, our son did not follow instructions and had
>> > > > > > >wracked up a bill that had to be paid for. Everyone had
>> > to patiently
>> > > > > > >wait behind this 9-year-old who had no money while is,
>> > > > > > >seemingly
>> > > > > > >errant parents were out bumming. Have you ever wanted to
>> crawl in a
>> > > > > > >whole? The whole line of customers was full of praise for
>> how well
>> > > > > > >Caleb handled the situation and how adult he was. But, they
>> > > > > > >had
>> > > > > > >nothing but daggers for Greg for making them wait. When I
>> found out
>> > > > > > >what really happened, I have to admit that I was glad to be
>> > > > > > >the
>> > > > > > >parent who was elected to stay put. No one ever
>> > > > > > >knew! Haha! Brother. I guess that we'll never win.
>> > Anyway, it all
>> > > > > > >ended up okay.
>> > > > > > >Now, are all of you confused? I had thought all along that
>> Jones and
>> > > > > > >Smith were the most common names. I just find myself praising
>> > > > > > >my
>> > > > > > >heavenly Father that He knows who I am, no matter what! And
>> > > > > > >that,
>> > > > > > >while man may be confused, He will never be.
>> > > > > > >Kathy
>> > > > > > >
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>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > >A story of mix ups
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > >Okay everybody, mix-ups don=92t just happen in
>> > > > hospitals. While Greg and
>> > > > > > >I lived in Menominee Michigan, we were involved in some of the
>> most
>> > > > > > >confusing mix-ups that I ever hope to go through. Here are
>> > > > > > >the
>> > > > > highlights.
>> > > > > > >In 1984, we moved to Menominee where I had been hired to be a
>> > > > teacher for
>> > > > > > >the intermediate school district, working with the mentally
>> > > > impaired. As
>> > > > > > >soon as we arrived in the community, we began church shopping
>> > > > and settled
>> > > > > > >on a church in the area that we really liked. We jumped
>> > in with both
>> > > > > > >feet, because that=92s just kind of the way we are, so we
>> > became known
>> > > > > > >pretty quickly by the pastor and the
>> > > > congregation. Unfortunately, we have
>> > > > > > >never been able to receive the local paper. We just
>> > always felt that
>> > > > > > >other things were more important to pay for and all we usually
>> > > > do with the
>> > > > > > >paper is go through the comics and do the crossword
>> puzzle. It just
>> > > > > > >isn=92t worth the subscription cost. Anyway, imagine our
>> > > > surprise about a
>> > > > > > >month after our involvement in the church when the pastor
>> > > > pulled us aside
>> > > > > > >and asked us if the congregation could expect a lot of trouble
>> from
>> > > > > > >us. We had no clue what he was talking about, so he showed us
>> > > > the article
>> > > > > > >in the paper.
>> > > > > > >Evidently, a man named, Greg Du Bois, (unfortunately for us no
>> > > > address was
>> > > > > > >given), was in the paper for some funny dealings in the tree
>> > > > industry. I
>> > > > > > >believe that it was in the court reports and his brother was
>> > > involved as
>> > > > > > >well. We assured him that it wasn=92t us and hoped that it
>> > > > was the end of
>> > > > > > >the matter, but it was just the beginning.
>> > > > > > >While I was pregnant with Matthew, another lady began
>> > > > > > >attending
>> > > the same
>> > > > > > >church with a five-year-old son. Her name was Kathy Du Bois
>> and her
>> > > > > > >son=92s name was Christopher. She joined the choir and we
>> > got to know
>> > > > > > >each other some. Her husband=92s name was Glen, so we
>> > > > didn=92t think much
>> > > > > > >of it as far as being another matter of confusion. By the
>> > > > > > >way,
>> > > Glen did
>> > > > > > >not attend church so now; it was just to two Kathy=92s who was
>> > > > a confusing
>> > > > > > >matter.
>> > > > > > >About a year later, I gave birth to a Christopher of my own.
>> > > > > > >I
>> > > didn=92t
>> > > > > > >think anything of giving him that name because we and the
>> > other Kathy
>> > > > > > >didn=92t associate much. Anyway, We had Chris in Greenbay and
>> > > > we chose to
>> > > > > > >leave within twelve hours of his birth so they were not able
>> > > > to administer
>> > > > > > >his PKU test. A baby needs to be more than three days old for
>> > > this test
>> > > > > > >to be accurate. We took our Christopher to our local hospital
>> > > > when he was
>> > > > > > >around five days old to have the PKU test administered
>> > and, instead of
>> > > > > > >beginning a new file on our Christopher, they pulled up this
>> > > > > > >other
>> > > > > > >Christopher=92s file and said, =93Oh yes, didn=92t= he fall
>> > > > out of a tree
>> > > > > > >a few days ago and break his arm?=94 Unfortunately, Chris had
>> > > > not fallen
>> > > > > > >out of a tree. He had fallen out of me and nothing was
>> > broken, but we
>> > > > > > >learned that we were both using the same pediatrician.
>> > > > > > >Well, life went on and after a while, there was news of a
>> > > > > > >break in
>> > > at a
>> > > > > > >local drug store by, a Du Bois. We were visited by the
>> > police. They
>> > > > > > >wanted us to tell us about Greg=92s brother Glen. What a
>> > > > > > >mess.
>> > > > > > >Then, the police showed up at our door a few months
>> > later. They were
>> > > > > > >really looking for my Greg this time because a student loan
>> > > > from way back
>> > > > > > >in his own drug days, before he became a Christian had not
>> > > > > > >been
>> > > paid and
>> > > > > > >the government was there to collect. We didn=92t know
>> > > > anything about this
>> > > > > > >bill because they had been sending collection notices to
>> > > > > > >Menominee
>> > > > > > >Mississippi, but that didn=92t seem to help us
>> > much. Fortunately, the
>> > > > > > >bill was only about $300 and how that got paid off is another
>> > > miraculous
>> > > > > > >story that I won=92t bother to take a detour to tell here, but
>> it is
>> > > > > > >pretty good, none the less. Anyway, the police were at my
>> > > > > > >door
>> > > and Greg
>> > > > > > >was on the beach, about four blocks away, with Matthew, who
>> > > > > > >was, I
>> > > think
>> > > > > > >two, at the time, so I really panicked because I had no
>> > idea what they
>> > > > > > >wanted.
>> > > > > > >Eventually, we got all the mess straightened around and we
>> > > > > > >thought
>> > > that
>> > > > > > >life was good until I received a call one day from a
>> > financial planner
>> > > > > > >congratulating me on the birth of my twins. I gasped and
>> > > > > > >stuttered. Then, the man on the other end said, =93Aren=92t
>> > > > you Kathy Du
>> > > > > > >Bois?=94
>> > > > > > >I replied that I was. =93And isn=92t your husband Greg?=94
>> > > > > > >I confirmed that he was, but I assured him that I hadn=92t had
>> twins
>> > > > > > >lately and I thought that I should know. As we talked, I
>> > > > > > >learned
>> > > that,
>> > > > > > >evidently, the person who had been involved in the illegal
>> > > > dealings at the
>> > > > > > >beginning of this missive had married a girl named Kathy and
>> > > > they had been
>> > > > > > >blessed with twins. All I could say over and over was
>> > > > > > >=93Thank
>> > > you Lord
>> > > > > > >It=92s not me.=94 Unfortunately, now, there were at least
>> > > > Three Kathy Du
>> > > > > > >Bois in Menominee county and all of us had kids and some of us
>> > > > were shady
>> > > > > > >characters.
>> > > > > > >We thought that our problems were over when we finally
>> > left Menominee
>> > > > > > >county and moved to Grand Rapids so that Greg could finish up
>> > > > > > >his
>> > > under
>> > > > > > >Graduate work. Imagine our surprise about a month after
>> > > > > > >moving
>> > > when we
>> > > > > > >received a letter from a lawyer assuring us that the suit
>> > > > against Greg=92s
>> > > > > > >mother would probably succeed and we could look forward to
>> > > > > > >about
>> > > $75,000
>> > > > > > >in profit from the proceedings. I think that a simple phone
>> > > > > > >call
>> > > > > > >straightened that one up, but I can=92t remember for sure
>> right now.
>> > > > > > >When we moved to Grand Rapids, I was pregnant with Elizabeth
>> > > > who was born
>> > > > > > >on February 8. We were so happy to have a daughter, but,
>> > > unfortunately,
>> > > > > > >attending our church at the same time were two other ladies
>> > > > who gave birth
>> > > > > > >within the ten days before Liz was born. Both children were
>> > > girls, the
>> > > > > > >first girl in their family and each had two older
>> > brothers, just like
>> > > > > > >Elizabeth. To make matters worse, the first girl was named
>> > > > Elisa and the
>> > > > > > >other girl was Emily. We were often getting called out of
>> > > > church for the
>> > > > > > >wrong baby so, to really have fun with the mess, we decided to
>> > > have all
>> > > > > > >three girls dedicated on the same day with all the brothers in
>> > > > tow just to
>> > > > > > >create a scene. The worst part is when the pastor reached
>> > to take our
>> > > > > > >sweet daughter, who was about two months old at the time, into
>> > > > > > >his
>> > > arms
>> > > > > > >and she grabbed his mike and decided to begin
>> > screaming. She hadn=92t
>> > > > > > >wanted to be taken away from her mother, I guess. Anyway,
>> > she=92s the
>> > > > > > >only child I know of whom had to be removed from her own
>> dedication
>> > > > > > >because no one else could hear anything!
>> > > > > > >Nothing more really happened after that until we moved to
>> > > > Maine. About a
>> > > > > > >year after we moved hear, I received a call from a lady
>> > > > > > >telling me
>> > > that
>> > > > > > >her name was Kathy Du Bois and, she was afraid that our
>> > > > prescriptions had
>> > > > > > >been mixed up because we both use the same
>> pharmacy. Fortunately, I
>> > > > > > >don=92t take any drugs, so I was able to put her mind at
>> > ease. We had
>> > > > > > >probably had a prescription filled for antibiotics for one of
>> > > > the kids or
>> > > > > > >something. Anyway, she felt that there was a mix up. I
>> > > > > > >believe
>> > > that
>> > > > > > >her son was a Christopher too, if I=92m not mistaken.
>> > > > > > >And, if I had been writing this a month ago, I probably would
>> > > > have thought
>> > > > > > >that that was the end of the story, but thanks to my 9 year
>> > > > > > >old,
>> > > Caleb,
>> > > > > > >we=92ve learned of even another Kathy dubois since
>> > > > then. Caleb wanted to
>> > > > > > >do the shopping. He was given the list and given very strict
>> > > > instructions
>> > > > > > >to find us after he had collected things and that he was not
>> > > > to go through
>> > > > > > >the check out line without us. Imagine our surprise, as Greg
>> > > > > > >and
>> > > I were
>> > > > > > >just strolling around and wasting time while Caleb was trying
>> > > > to be a big
>> > > > > > >boy, when we heard our names announced over the loud speaker
>> > > > > > >and
>> > > ordered
>> > > > > > >to report to the front of the store immediately. It sounded
>> > > > like we were
>> > > > > > >in trouble. I stayed in one place, thinking that Caleb might
>> > > > > > >be
>> > > > > > >lost. Our thought was that one of us should stay put and
>> > > > visible so that
>> > > > > > >Caleb could find us easily. It just made sense that I got to
>> > > > be the lucky
>> > > > > > >one to stay put. Oh goody! Well, Greg whisked passed the
>> > > > > > >deli
>> > > section
>> > > > > > >toward the front just in time to over here a conversation
>> > between two
>> > > > > > >ladies. The one was saying, =93Well they said, Kathy Du Bois
>> should
>> > > > > > >report to the front of the store.=94 The other woman, left
>> > > > > > >the
>> > > counter,
>> > > > > > >rather confused, and mumbling, =91I wonder why.=94 Yes
>> > > > > > >folks,
>> > > another
>> > > > > > >Kathy Du Bois had been flushed out of hiding!
>> > > > > > >OH, before I leave this point, I suppose you are wondering
>> > why we were
>> > > > > > >paged? Well, our son did not follow instructions and had
>> > wracked up a
>> > > > > > >bill that had to be paid for. Everyone had to patiently wait
>> > > > behind this
>> > > > > > >9-year-old who had no money while is, seemingly errant parents
>> > > were out
>> > > > > > >bumming. Have you ever wanted to crawl in a whole? The
>> > whole line of
>> > > > > > >customers was full of praise for how well Caleb handled the
>> > > > situation and
>> > > > > > >how adult he was. But, they had nothing but daggers for Greg
>> > > > > > >for
>> > > making
>> > > > > > >them wait. When I found out what really happened, I have to
>> > > > > > >admit
>> > > that I
>> > > > > > >was glad to be the parent who was elected to stay put. No one
>> ever
>> > > > > > >knew! Haha! Brother. I guess that we=92ll never win.
>> > > > > > >Anyway,
>> > > it all
>> > > > > > >ended up okay.
>> > > > > > >Now, are all of you confused? I had thought all along that
>> > > > Jones and Smith
>> > > > > > >were the most common names. I just find myself praising my
>> heavenly
>> > > > > > >Father that He knows who I am, no matter what! And that,
>> > > > while man may be
>> > > > > > >confused, He will never be.
>> > > > > > >Kathy
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > >--=====================_35073375==.ALT--
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >Brad
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Nothing else ruins the truth like stretching it
>> > > >
>> > > >Brad
>> > > >
>> > > > The hardest position to fill is one with someone in it
>> >
>> >Brad
>> >
>> > A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing
>
> Brad
>
> Never give the devil a ride, he will always want to drive
>
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