Last night I went to the Nursing to help put make up on some of the ladies there. (I know, it's strange that I would put it on others but not use it myself! See the post below about painting the barn.)
I sat down and visited with one lady to see if I could glean some wisdom from her years of living. She told me how one day when she was at home, some children were climbing on the mailboxes by the street. So she went out and asked them, "Do you have a stamp on you?". The kids looked confused. She told them, "The mailman won't take you if you don't have a stamp on you!" She said they began to laugh together then. Then she says to me, "That's how you get along with the neighborhood kids...you have to joke with them instead of being stern with them all the time. Then they will listen to you!"
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