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WHO IS WHOSE SUNSHINE?

Postscript to yesterday’s funeral for 15-year-old Kayla Wilkins: her older brother Ryan, who just graduated with highest distinction from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was one of several engaging, impressive family members to speak.

He told a sweet story that Is typical of big brother / kid sister pairs. Years ago, Kayla was taking piano lessons and learning musical notation and so forth. Ryan had no use for that. But he loved music. Once he sat down at the piano and pecked out the tune to “You Are My Sunshine.”

He got a hold of a book and some musical notation paper, probably swiping Kayla’s, and wrote down the notes and other symbols for the song. He titled it “You Are My Sunshine, By Ryan Wilkins.” He played it one more time and then stuck it in the piano bench.

A while later, he heard Kayla playing the tune. He was filled with pride that his kid sister was using his work. But then he checked.

It was entitled “You Are My Sunshine, By KAYLA Wilkins.”

She had copied his work onto her own paper, and thrown his version away.

Everyone laughed. They also laughed when Ryan told what he had found in Kayla’s Bible. A subheading was starred and bracketed:

“Dealing With a Sinning Brother”

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Prayer request: There’s a very sweet, very talented daughter-in-law named Suzy who is struggling right now with a shock: her mother-in-law, Lois, has to go into a nursing home unexpectedly. Suzy was in an Andrews Sisters singing group with me in high school and was our school’s ace actress and a popular and beloved comedienne. Oh, Father, blanket her and her husband with Your grace and peace, help Lois adjust well, and let Suzy’s creative heart find ways to help everyone through this storm. (Ruth 1:16)