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*A Ride With Daddy* ______________________________________ If you enjoy this free email service, I encourage you to spread the word to family and friends that we may bring inspiration into the lives of many! If you are not on the list and this has been passed along to you, join the thousands of HeartTouchers.com readers around the world by sending a blank e-mail to: HeartTouchers-subscribe@myinjesus.com Visit our inspirational web site and read all the past stories in our archives at: http://www.HeartTouchers.com ____________________________________________ A Ride with Daddy by Virginia M. Baty As children, my three sisters and one brother didn't see our daddy much during the week. He worked at night, driving a city bus, and we attended school during the day. But on Sundays, he really made up for lost time. We looked forward to Sundays! Our Daddy would begin the day by fixing us a scrumptious breakfast of fried potatoes and eggs, juice, and delicious hot cinnamon rolls that Mama had made. We had Bible reading and prayer and then attended church together. After church we enjoyed one of Mothers delicious dinners of roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy with all the trimmings. Afterwards we took a short rest, knowing that Daddy would take us for a ride in the country when we awakened. If we stirred before Daddy, we would walk on tiptoe until he got up. We looked forward to that ride more than anything! Since Daddy had lived in the same part of Nebraska his entire life, we experienced a different area of the country each week. We usually drove to places he had been as a boy. He would make our ride more interesting by telling us exciting stories as we rode along. There was the time he and his brothers fished in that creek or when they flew down jack rabbit hill on their sleds in the snow and ice of winter. This hill was very steep, and as we flew down it in the car we could almost imagine we were on our sleds with the wind in our faces. What fun! Sometimes Daddy would park the car so that we could walk down the railroad tracks, as he pointed out the first railroad that was made with wooden rails and steel spikes. He also reminded us that the windmills we saw produced water for the farmers. Daddy showed us the different fields of corn, wheat, and alfalfa and explained that the combines we saw in the fields would cut and separate the grain from the chaff. We would see large haystacks, wild flowers, milkweed pods, and cattails. Mother loved cattails and often we would stop to pick a bouquet for her. As we rode along, Daddy showed us how to recognize the tracks of rabbits and squirrels as they scampered along. He taught us the names of different kinds of cows and how to know each by their appearance--spotted, black, brown, etc. Daddy knew the names of trees, birds, and butterflies we saw, as well. There were large trees he remembered having climbed as a boy with his friends, and adventures in the woods where they played hide and seek. He made it so real; we felt that we, too, had been a part of the game. Many times Daddy would take us to the zoo as we headed toward home. We loved the zoo with all the animals, especially the monkeys. Daddy would make animal sounds at them, and they would mimic him as they jumped excitedly from place to place. The zoo was near a rose garden, called The Sunken Garden. In the center of this garden was a duck pond. We often took dry bread to feed the ducks. We marveled at how quickly they ate the bread. Other times, Daddy would drive us to the roundhouse where the railroad engines switched cars. It was like a giant puzzle to see the cars move from one set of tracks to the other. We often wondered how they could do it with such precision and not run into each other. We never tired of taking a ride with Daddy, and it is still the most enjoyable childhood memory we have. Will we ever forget those rides with Daddy? No, not ever! (Daddy has been in heaven for 5 years and we still miss him greatly.) Virginia M. Baty vmbwrites@comcast.net Write Virginia and let her know your thoughts on her story! _______ I am a free lance writer. My work has been published since 1983. I like to write personal interest stories, poems, and devotionals. I live with my husband of nearly 50 years in Olathe, KS. We have 5 children, 13 grandchildren and one great grandson. My hobbies are writing, crocheting, playing piano, and walking. I may be reached at: vmbwrites@comcast.net _________________________________________ Thought For The Day: "He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity, is wise for a moment, but a fool forever."--Tillotson Verse for the Day: "What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his soul, or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" --Matthew 16:26 Kid's Thought for the Day: "Make up a reason to have a party." Parent's Thought For The Day "Is it not strange that they who have no children bring them up so well?" Coach's Thought For The Day "You don't break habits; you can still know how to do the wrong habit, you just don't do it anymore." --John Kessel Writing Thought For the Day: "I never take notes, and I never consciously look for story ideas; it's a much subtler process than that. You pour the information into the subconscious, dump it all in like meat and vegetables into a stew pot, then let it cook until the ideas boil to the surface. They will boil up, I guarantee, and they'll be far better than the ones you arrive at by conscious manipulation of story elements, better because they're not forced." --Dean Koontz Deep Thought For The Day: "Since light travels faster than sound, isn't that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak?" _________________________________________ From the GuestBook: A friend sent me the link to your wonderful site. As one who has survived many things and lives daily with chronic pain it is good therapy to read how far others have come and it what causes me to share my story and my poems with the hope that I too can inspire those who have yet not found the strength to go on despite all that comes along to change our lives in ways we never thought possible. Thanks for a wonderful place to come. Ruth ruthg@sprint. Yet to read all info on the site but how refreshing to read some "real" things of God rather than all the junk that finds itself on my PC. Thankyou. 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