Visiting Mrs. Love
When I was
just a little kid,
and the
big kids went to school,
I'd walk
to my neighbor house...
now that
was really "cool".
Her name
was Mrs. Love,
and love
what what she gave.
She was
just like a Grandma to me...
the best
Grandma a little girl could have!
So after
I'd had my breakfast
and Mama
said OK,
I'd start
to Mrs. Love's house,
picking
flowers on the way.
There was
a fence I had to cross
when I was
nearly there.
I was too
little to open the gate,
so I'd
climb between the wires.
I'd try to
be very careful,
so I
wouldn't tear my dress.
But if I
did, Mrs. Love would fix it...
so there
was no reason for distress!
That was
nearly seventy years ago,
and I
thank my God above,
for all
those happy days I spent
Visiting
Mrs.
Love!
Meet Mr.
love
You've
already met Mrs. Love...
now it's
time to meet the Mister.
So I will
relate a tale
that will
clearly define his character.
Imagine if
you will, four of us kids
sitting
high above the road
in the big
old walnut tree
which grew
beside the field we'd just hoed.
We were
throwing those walnuts around,
sometimes
really far...
when
someone said "Look out now,
here comes
a car."
So walnuts
in hand, taking careful aim
my two
brothers quietly sat...
dropping
the walnuts at the exact right time
they hit
that windshield with a big Splat, Splat!
We laughed
so hard we had to
hang on to
that limb up above...
then that
old car stopped, the door flew open
and out
jumped Mr. Love!
Without
hesitation he proceeded
to tell us
we were very, very bad..
and his
parting words as he climbed back in his car..
"I'm going
to tell you Dad"!
After
several days of the terrible waiting
we knew
we'd had our punishment already.
For you
see, softhearted Mr. Love
never did
tell our Daddy!
In later
years I came to believe that
when humor
his anger had overcome
he called
to Mrs. Love to come and see
what those
crazy kids did to me on the way home!
Virginia
Archer
06-09
Walnuts in
their early stages are about the size of a
tennis
ball having a green outer shell that is
semi soft.
When dropped on a car windshield from 10-12
feet
above, makes a really big Splat.
VA
