You’re Not a Kid Anymore When…

You’re Not a Kid Anymore When…
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Your back goes out more than you do.

You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.

You buy a compass for the dash of your car.

You are proud of your lawn mower.

Your best friend is dating someone half his age and nobody says he’s robbing the cradle.

Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.

You sing along with the elevator music.

You would rather go to work than stay home sick.

You constantly talk about the price of gasoline.

You enjoy hearing about other people’s operations.

You consider coffee one of the most important things in life.

You make an appointment to see the dentist.

You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.

Neighbors borrow your tools.

People call at 9 p.m. and ask, “Did I wake you ?”

You have a dream about prunes.

You answer a question with, “Because I said so!”

You send money to PBS.

The end of your tie doesn’t come anywhere near the top of your pants.

You take a metal detector to the beach.

You wear black socks with sandals.

You know what the word “equity” means.

You can’t remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch television.

Your ears are hairier than your head.

You get into a heated argument about pension plans.

You got cable for the weather channel.

You have a party and the neighbors don’t even realize it.

You take a nap to get ready for bed.

Thank you for inviting MountainWings in your mailbox.
See you tomorrow.

The horse

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The Horse
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This is a true story, and I thought it was a MountainWings
Moment.

When my daughter, Jade Kay, was very young, she wanted a horse
in the worst way.

There was no way we could manage to get her one, and I told her
so. She responded by telling me that Jesus could manage
anything and she was going to ask Him for a horse.

I fretted over her young faith taking a body blow when she
realized her prayer was unanswered.

I should have had more faith. She got up the next morning and
announced that she had asked Jesus to give her a horse.

“Did you darling?” I said, trying to find the right words to
explain that we didn’t always get what we prayed for.

“Yes,” she said, “but He said no.”

She never brought up the subject of a horse again.

~A MountainWings Original by Maureen Thornberry,
Brisbane, Australia~

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What is love?

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What Is Love?
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A group of professional people posed this question to a group of
4-to 8-year-olds, “What does love mean?” The answers they got
were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.

“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and
paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her
all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s
love.” (Rebecca – age 8 )

“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.”
(Billy – age 4 )

“Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving
cologne and they go out and smell each other.”
(Karl – age 5 )

“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your
French fries without making them give you any of theirs.”
(Chrissy – age 6 )

“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.”
(Terri – age 4 )

“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a
sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.”
(Danny – age 7)

“Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of
kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My
Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss,”
(Emily – age

“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop
opening presents and listen.” (Bobby – age 7)

“If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a
friend whom you hate.” (Nikka – age 6)

“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, and then he
wears it everyday.” (Noelle – age 7)

“Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are
still friends even after they know each other so well.”
(Tommy – age 6)

“During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared.
I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving
and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared
anymore.” (Cindy – age

“My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else
kissing me to sleep at night.” (Clare – age 6)

“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.”
(Elaine-age 5)

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says
he is handsomer than Robert Redford.”
(Chris – age 7)

“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him
alone all day.” (Mary Ann – age 4)

“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her
old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.” (Lauren – age 4)

“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and
little stars come out of you.”
(Karen – age 7)

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she
doesn’t think it’s gross.” (Mark – age 6)

“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it.
But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.”
(Jessica – age

And the final one to melt anybody’s heart: Author and lecturer
Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was a four-year-old child whose next door neighbor
was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon
seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman’s
yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother
asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
“Nothing, I just helped him cry.”

~Authors Unknown~

Idiots

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Those We Know
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As a police officer moonlighting as security for a popular
nightspot, I stood at the front entrance.

As it happens on weekends, the crowd inside grew larger than the
square footage could accommodate.

Seeing the longer forming line to enter, the owner told the
doorman, “Just let in the people we know, not the idiots.”

Tommy, the burly doorman turned to the owner with a helpless
expression and said,

“But Angello, those are the people we know.”

~A MountainWings Original by Mark Turcanik, Cleveland OH~