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:
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>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
>
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Brad
Nothing else ruins the truth like stretching it
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