DailySusan Humor Blog

WITH POTATOES ON IT?
(For Saturday, June 26)

The other evening, Maddy got a hankering to ride her Big Wheel down the hill the few blocks to our neighborhood pond.

At one point, she stuck her legs out sideways, as kids do, and let gravity roll her down the hill a little faster. A little TOO fast, too: she suddenly had to drag the bottoms of her shoes on the asphalt to slow herself down, curl in toward the curb and, eventually, stop.

“Woo Hoo,” she said. “That was COOL, with POTATOES on it!!!”

Now, I’ve heard of “pretty please with sugar on it” and “whipped cream on top.” But this was something new and different.

So was the sensation of lugging that heavy Big Wheel back up the hill after her adventure. My arm felt like a . . . SPUD.

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Prayer request: We pray for protection from injury for a special young player on our daughter’s softball team. Her name is Ali and she is a better-than-4.0 student, a college-level athlete, and an awfully nice young woman. She is just coming back this week from six weeks out with a hand injury, and needs to “shine” over the next few weeks to impress college scouts. Lord, we pray for Ali’s continued healing and that she will stay healthy and productive for the rest of this summer. (Jeremiah 37:20a)