6 • January 2017 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC. Nothing Happens Quickly by Gabriel A. Fraire ~
gafraire@comcast.net
bang I’m there. With chil- dren, I’m lucky if I can even get one girl out of the house in fi ve minutes.
Healdsburg, CA. ~ When you have small children one of the fi rst lessons to learn is that nothing hap- pens too quickly. I mean like little things: prepar- ing a meal, getting dressed, brushing one’s teeth and my personal favorite -- the amount of time it takes to get from the house to the car. Without children I could look at my watch notice I was fi ve minutes from a sched- uled appointment and zoom out the door into the car and
Preparation is the key. I like to give myself at least an hour before appointment time. “Okay, let’s go.” I say know- ing full well we aren’t going anywhere for quite some time. It’s not just the kids that need to be corralled into the car but it is all their gear, as well: diaper bags, food bags, cloth- ing bags, car seats, strollers, playpens. I can easily make
six trips just to get their gear in the car. Once that is done then I search for the girls. Once everyone is in the car and we’re ready to go I smile
not because we have accom- plished our fi rst task but be- cause I know on the other end the process has to be repeated in getting out of the car. But somehow getting out of the car is always more fun that getting into it and I think it is because there is usually a good laugh created by what the girls will say.
One of my most favorite comments was: “Daddy I lost my worms.”
These columns are excerpts from the book Daddy I Need to Go Potty by Gabriel A. Fraire. Fraire has been a writer more than 40 years. He can be reached through his website:
www.gabrielfraire.com
“Physics isn’t the most
important thing.
Love is.”
Richard Feynman
JOKES & Humor # 3 A boy breaks on old vase at a rich uncle‘s house. The uncle gets extremely angry and yells: “Do you know how old that vase was? It was from the 17th century!” The boy sagged in relief: “Oh, good , I thought is was brand new.” ~
A police offi cer talks to a driver: Your tail light is broken, your tires must be exchanged and your bumper hangs halfway down. That will be 300 dollars.
Driver: Alright, go ahead. They want twice as much as that at the garage. ~
A man goes to the lawyer: “What is your fee?”
Lawyer says: “1000 US dollars for 3 questions.”
Man: “Wow - so much! Isn’t it a bit expensive?”
Lawyer: “Yes, what is your third question?”
“T e Revolution
introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me
to the Revolution!” Albert Einstein
6 • January 2017 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC. “I think I am, therefore, I am... I think.” ~ George Carlin
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