DailySusan Humor Blog

SLAPSTICK LIPSTICK

A kindergartner in our car pool announced that she had brought lip gloss in her backpack. She would let Maddy try it if she could guess the flavor.

Maddy gave it her best shot:

“Cherry?”

“No.”

“Bubble gum?”

“No.”

(Long pause)

“CORN?”

There were gales of laughter. “NO!”

“SHOE?”

More laughter. “NO!!!!”

“DIRT?”

At this point, the lip gloss was long-forgotten in the gales of laughter. While both girls might have had dry, chapped lips all afternoon, at least they were curving upward into kindergarten smiles. (FYI: it was strawberry!)

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Prayer request: Father, there’s a wonderful Christian friend named Becky whose husband appears to need a double dose of the Holy Spirit’s gifts of joy and peace. He seems so grumpy all the time, and appears to be hard to get along with. The two small children seem fine, but I get the sense that Becky is in some emotional pain. We pray that she will pray for guidance on what to change in their home, and that he will be open to her ministrations. Anoint her and empower her, Lord, to help her husband over this apparent rough patch. (Lamentations 3:25)