Upbeat Family, Life & Living 2019


hour a day seven days a week commit - ment. Wait, maybe that’s the not so great thing about having chil- dren.


ent you can also


about eating hot food or having


water. Oh my goodness, can I ever get a shower without chaos. No matter what I do


hot


As a par- forget


Cold Food, Cold Showers and Crying T


by Gabriel A. Fraire of Healdsburg, CA ~ gafraire@comcast.net


he great thing about having children is that they are a 24


or say before I get in that shower as soon as that nice warm water starts pounding the back all hell


loose out there, some- where in the house.


As a par- ent, one must be- come much better


distinguish- ing differ- ent levels of crying. The


in the shower I heard some crying and determined was more of the I-want-at-


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head right in


shower stall, just to


the


sure I hear them.


make


terrupted showers I love the drama (I have two girls not that I’m saying there is a connection.)


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Shortly thereafter, the inn- keeper returned with the oysters, reporting that the horse would have nothing to do with them.


“Well, then,” answered the now comfortably ensconced gentleman, “I guess I shall have to eat them myself.”


Pg 8 • MAY 2019 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC. The love that comes from friendship is the underlying facet of a happy life. ~ Chelsea Handler One of my favorite dra- Beside cold food and in- their they


different part of the house, the other child yells, “Don’t touch that. I’m playing with it.”


marks


children say make me smile in amazement. Howeve r , the remark that makes me


my head and almost start


“Daddy, I’m hungry.”


is heard just about the time the last washed dish goes into the drain board:


Gabriel A. Fraire has been a writer more than 45 years. He has written fiction and non-fiction books, plays, po- ems, music lyrics, and news articles. But, he writes about his children exclusively for the Upbeat Times.


to cry hang


Some re- my


Joke # 2


19TH-CENTURY NONSENSE: (A subtle pun)


Passing by a house that had been almost consumed by fire, a Bostonian inquired as to whose it was. On being told that it had belonged to a hatter, he observed: “Well, then, I guess the loss will be much felt.”


A gentleman once came into an inn on a very cold day and could find no room near the fire. Calling to the innkeeper, he asked that a peck of oysters be delivered to his horse in the stable. “Your horse


~


will eat oysters?” inquired the host. “Just try him,” replied the gentleman.


Immediately, the people ran out to see this won- der, and the gentleman had his choice of fireside seats.


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