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GIRLS CAN HAVE NICKNAMES, TOO

My hubby has been reuniting with several of his old chums recently. I still don’t know exactly what some of their names are. That’s because they all have crazy nicknames. They signed our wedding guestbook that way, and that’s all he ever calls them. It’s the same thing with my brothers and their friends: every guy seems to have a nickname.

You know: ‘’Star,’’ ‘’Face,’’ ‘’Nose,’’ ‘’Buddha,’’ ‘’Hairhead,’’ ‘’Crack,’’ ‘’Hack,’’ ‘’Chief,’’ ‘’Load,’’ and so on and so forth.

I was kind of sad, because that’s one form of fun we girls didn’t much have. Looking back over my childhood and younger adult days, I can’t remember too many of my girlfriends having nicknames. Madeleine, for whom our Maddy was named, was ‘’Mads.’’ But that was about it.

But then I heard from a friend whose friend had a truly, truly great one. So maybe there’s hope.

She was very well-endowed. Her maiden name was McManus.

Hence the nickname: ‘’McMammoths.’’

She may or may not have been relieved when she got married and changed her name. Just hope she didn’t marry someone with the last name of ‘’Knockers’’ or ‘’Rack.’’

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Prayer request: I had what they call ‘’a divine appointment’’ yesterday. My relationship with somebody had been weakened by a difficulty and I hadn’t talked to them for several weeks. My heart was softening, and then boom! I ran into them at a store yesterday and had a nice, comfortable talk. This is a teeming metropolis, and neither of us go to that store very often. So it was You. Thank You, Jesus, for weaving the tapestry of our lives so that threads that should be together can be together. (2 Cor. 5:18)