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GARAGE SALE HANGOVER

It reminds me of the morning after a party in one’s callow youth, when you’d have fur on your tongue, find spilled drinks everywhere, and a cigarette butt in the cheese ball you left out all night.

It’s like something from a Roy Orbison song: “the party’s ovvvvvvvver!”

The garage sale ended, and we are left with six tables full of unsold items and a garage full of hand-me-downs, curiosi and junque. Now we have to box it up and give it to charity, and it’s going to take forever. The pre-sale enthusiasm has decayed into the blahs and the s-l-o-w’s.

Except, of course, for Maddy. She keeps dashing out there and salvaging stuff. A Gund bear, a fuzzy puppy, a little gizmo to keep phone cords on a reel, a floral centerpiece holder that’s a football, a “Tip the Cows” game with only one cow but it’s a cute cow. . . .

I feel like Sisyphus, pushing the rock up the hill almost to the peak, only to have it roll all the way back down.

C’mon, girls. We have GOT to get RID of this stuff.

But wait a minute! That copper kindling pot! We can’t sell that! My grandpa used to put old newspapers in it!

And wait a minute! That electric frying pan with one leg missing . . . that was expensive! I bet I can get that fixed.

And WAIT a minute! That flannel shirt! It’s not so hideous! One of these days it’s going to be cold again and it’ll be nice and cozy!

A little hair of the dog that bit you never hurt . . . but it may lead to overstuffed closets again.

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Prayer request: A friend’s niece, Allyson, is having a test Wednesday to determine if her twins can be delivered on Thursday. Lord Jesus, we ask You to keep her and her twins healthy and safe throughout the delivery, which will be by C-section. Give the medical staff a double dose of Your Spirit and wisdom to bring this double blessing into Your world safely and successfully. (2 Kings 2:9)