The Century Mark

Ten months ago I began posting this blog on this public site that gives me a wider audience and a little more flexibility than my other site.  I just realized that this is now my 100th blog on this public site.   So happy anniversary to me.  And thanks to the few of you who regularly read these ramblings of an old guy on either of my sites.  I guess my last few blogs have been a little on the heavy side since we have been going through some troubled times in our lives lately.  Thank you to those of you who've hung in there with me through this time.  So, I thought maybe for number 100 I should try another angle, a more positive one.  During my teaching years I began to make a collection of humorous stories that I would often use in my classes.  Now I use them when I lead hymn sings or do other public presentations.  My collection now has grown beyond a single large notebook.  last week I heard Chuck Swindoll share one from my collection, one which remains one of my favorites.  I may have also shared this before, several years ago.  If I did, be patient with me - you know I am getting old and I repeat myself.  You know I am getting old and I repeat myself.   "A couple from up north decided to go to Florida for a long weekend to thaw out from an icy winter.  They planned to stay at the same hotel where they had spent their honeymoon 20 years ago.  Because they both had jobs they found it difficult to coordinate their travel schedules.  So it was decided that the husband would fly to Florida on Thursday and his wife would follow the next day.  Upon checking in, the husband found that the room had a computer so he decided to send an e-mail back to his wife.  Unfortunately, he accidentally left out one letter in her e-mail address when he sent it.  In Houston, a widow had just returned from her husband's funeral.  He had been a minister for many years before suffering a massive heart attack.  Expecting some messages of sympathy from relatives and friends she decided to check her e-mail.  When she opened the first message, she fainted!  The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor, and then saw the computer screen which read:  To: My Loving Wife, Subject: I've Arrived!  I know you are surprised to hear from me but they have computers here now and you are allowed to send e-mails to your loved ones.  I've just arrived and have checked in.  I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow.  Looking forward to seeing you then!  Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.  P.S.  Sure is hot down here!   ...........  have a good day and be careful of those e-mail addresses!