Cindy my mom told me that if we play cards on a tall table, I will get good hands. No, Maybel she said if we played cards on a tall table we would get higher hands. Donβt you get it, she was just joking. That is what Dick says all the time then he says he is joking.
Dick is a weird duck in a large pond. And dad says those kinds of ducks are tuff to digest. And I am sure he is right. Maybel both your mom and dad are extremely smart. They should be they spent there whole life in school.
Mom says that when she meet dad, he was loafing doing not a thing. Mable, I know for a fact that your dad was loading sacks of grain on trucks. That is a lot of work he was not loafing he was loading. Well Cindy, I thought that was weird because dad never stops, he is always working. Yes, he is a very good worker.
Mabel if you want to stop and not play any cards it will be alright with me. That would be a good idea because I never got a high hand either.
Of course, you never got a high hand you never got any cards, you have never stopped talking. See you are just like Dick saying things like that. What do you mean Cindy things like what? I told you things like Dick says. I am not going to chase that one Maybel. Are we going to play ball now or talk? Cindy.
I donβt want to be rude but Maybel; how sure are you that you were not adopted. What would make you ask that Cindy? Well, your mother and dad are above average in intelligence. So is my grandparents. Β Not to be rude but Maybel you have trouble understanding our conversations. Well, itβs no wonder Cindy we have both been talking and I have to remember who said what. See what I mean, I only have to keep track of what you said because I know what I said. There you go again Cindy, taking advantage of me. I have to keep track of you and me, and you only have to keep track of you.
I donβt think you have to look any more for those adoption papers, I am really sure they would prove what I say. Yes, I am sure to because they couldnβt even spell moms name right. So, you saw them and you know then. Oh yes, I saw the papers last summer before summer camp with the younger students. What did they say? I am not sure Cindy you know I have trouble reading. Maybe you should get your eyes tested. Oh! I donβt have any problems seeing I have good eyes, but I never learned to read very well.
I think it would have been a waste of time anyway because if you read it, you would still not understand it. See your doing it again just like Dick trying to make me into someone I am not. Maybe you have the biggest heart in Texas, the biggest smile in the world and all this other stuff donβt matter only to the people that want to can hear it.
Dad did say I was not the brightest light in the room, but it was sure warm. Of all my patients you have got to be the most precious. Ya mom says I am a real jewel. Honey you are not just a jewel you are the hole necklace. I will forgive you for talking about Dick just because you are so nice to me. You know Maybel that Dick lives just down the street from you and his dog Spot would be a very good friend for you.
Twenty years ago, I would have liked to have had a puppy but now I am past that stage of life and happy just like I am. Just the same I think I will speak with Dick and see if he has time to come over and see us and bring the dog with him. If he does Cindy, you will have to check his pockets, he keeps frogs and mice and snakes in his pockets all the time.
Thank you for telling me that I am scared to death of snakes. I will make him empty his pockets before he comes in. Dick this is Cindy the nurse just down the street and I work with Mabel.
Oh yes Mabel has told me about you. Now that you know who I am makes me wonder about something Maybel said to me. How close of friends are you Dick, do you come over often? Yes, I am over there almost every day. In fact, Spot will be playing with me and when we are down the street by Mabels house Spot will leave me. He runs to Maybel and I have to go get him.
Then from what you tell me you and Maybel are very good friends. Yes, Cindy, I have never known anyone longer than her, she has always been in my world. I bet she was here while I was still an angel. Dick, you say you were an angel why do you say that? Lets move on why you called me to come over.
Maybel brings your name up continually when we are together, but she uses you like a rubber tip on a cane every time it moves itβs used. It is not surprising; when I get sick, she will come over and not leave me alone until I get better. She cannot stand to be left alone and she has to see me every day.
Perhaps I can be of more use than I have been Cindy. Up until now I have only wanted to allow Maybel to have and share friendship. I will be over this afternoon and I will be bringing Spot with me.
As Dick entered the room he could hear Maybel talking with Carol. She was telling her how Dick had treated her so bad and how he had made her do wash the walls and mow the lawn. Walking up behind her Dick touches Maybel on the shoulder and as Maybel turns and sees Dick she is startled and stops speaking and stares at Dick.
Dick, Maybel says I did not know you were coming over today. I heard the things you said and the way you speak of me when I am not here Maybel. I will not scold you are speak of to you of that I would rather do as I feel and bless you for acting in such a manor when you know we are fiends. Forgive me Maybel I am the one to find fault with I had the ability of helping you years ago and let it slide expecting someone else to heal you.
What are you saying Dick do you know of a cure for my illness? Yes Maybel I know and have known for a long time how to correct your illness. First let me say that your mother and dad are healthy both mental and physically because they chose to be. It is so easy to fall into that trap Maybel everyone I know wakes up in the morning and starts a new day. Β When they first awaken if they feel pain somewhere in their bodies they can accept that pain or they can dispose of that pain. Think of it this way Maybel when you wake up in the morning there is a sack on your nightstand and it has a headache in it you can leave that sack or you can pick it up and Carrie it all day long and the longer you carry it the heaver it gets and the worse you say the headache is. You have to want to have that headache or you would have left it on the nightstand and got up and left without it.
Dick you know I am not into religious and that kind of things. Maybel I did not speak of any of that I spoke of you and what you desire. Your imagination of religion and whatever you have in that wagon has held you back from accepting a happy life. You can use a different word if religion is bad for you lets change that word and call it βjustcauseβ. Ya that should do nicely Maybel from now on when you want to be healthy just say to yourself; βJustcauseβ and you will know that it is just because you want to be healthy you are not listening to anymore garbage from the devil.
The Universe of knowledge is revealed in many ways to us. Some and I am one of those believe that God gives us that ability but if you want to think of it as a electrical pulse in the airwaves that is alright as long as you donβt let it hold you back. For some reason which only you know you woke up one morning and decided you had a memory problem and wanted to identify with less thinking which I have to think that you took thinking to be painful and bad. You accepted that and have never got tired of carrying that with you. Anytime you want to set that down and accept the fact that you are just as smart as I am as Cindy, your mom and dad and everyone else you can move on.
Now Maybel I would suggest you set that bag of rocks that are holding you back and lets go out and play with Spot. From now on Dick, I will not refer to life as I have been I will go out with you even though i now feel a little old for this stuff.Β But we will enjoy the finer parts ofΒ sunshine and flowers togetherΒ justcause they are there.
A Messenger,
Verl K.