DailySusan Humor Blog

DIAMONDS ON THE COB

Had coffee with a friend who moved here to the Armpit of the Nation (well, Nebraska’s not THAT bad) from a place she really loved that sounds just wonderful: Tampa, Fla.

Her husband’s corporate. When he found out his family was being moved from sunny Tampa to the strange, foreign, snowbound, buffalo-bedecked, somewhere-out-there Omaha, Nebraska, beads of sweat popped out all over his forehead over how he was going to tell his lovely WIFE.

He solved it. Now I’m in his fan club for life.

He somehow got a hold of a corn cob, and some leopard-fur earmuffs. Don’t ask me how, in Tampa. But he did.

Here’s the kicker: he ALSO purchased some beautiful diamond earrings.

He stuck the earrings into the ends of the corn cob and covered them with the earmuffs. Then he gave her this strange contraption and explained what it meant.

The thrill of the sparkling ice, and the overall humor, charmed her into becoming a willing transplanted Cornhusker. They’ve been here five years.

I don’t want them to ever move away . . . but must confess I’d love to see what he comes up with next time.

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Prayer request: It has been a full year since the death of my good friends’ and neighbors’ daughter, Cara. I dreamed about her the other night and still can’t quite believe she is gone. Lord Jesus, thank You for all the love You have bestowed on Cara’s family in the past year, and keep it coming. Help those around them continue to encircle them with Your grace and reassurance that Cara lives on and they’ll be with her again. (John 14:2,3)