Sunday Funnies: February 4th – The Last One

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The last installment from my dad’s humor cards so this ends the re-run of my dad’s humor cards. Thank you all for laughing alongside me – whether for the first time or the second time for many of you!

They made me chuckle all over again – so I hoped you enjoy them whether it was first time or second, or both (first posted on 1/8/2023).

The backstory: My dad was a Presbyterian pastor for 40 years. He kept a well curated stack of humor cards – little stories he heard, found or saw and then typed onto 5×7 cards. Then he wrote in the margins when he used that particular item. His humor was often an easy way to settle in to something deeper – by laughing and thinking about the buried truth in these little nuggets, it paved the way to an open heart.

Life Summed Up

At Presbytery yesterday, one of my colleagues passed along this definition of the eight decades of man:

Spills, Drills, Thrills, Bills, Frills, Ills, Pills and Wills.

(Parables, etc. Vol. 3, #3, May 1983)

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And that is the very last card in the stack. Somehow it seems so fitting because it reminds me that there is an end to everything. And we get to sum it up in whatever way we want. It might not always rhyme or be prettily tied up on a bow – but we will all leave something behind. Hopefully, like was true with my wonderful father, it’s a lot of laughter, inspiration, and the memory of a life well-lived.

I’d define his life and decades as this: Good-willed, eloquently quilled and peace, joy and love filled.

48 thoughts on “Sunday Funnies: February 4th – The Last One”

  5. i have so enjoyed this series and spending time with you and your dad. while i know all things must end, i am sad to see the end is here.

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  9. I’m sad we’ve come to the end of the second run, Wynne. I love the run of the decades. I think I’m in the Thrills and Frills stages. 😆

    You’ll have to go through them again. Maybe this time have Ms O and Mr D add their commentary to each one?

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  13. Agree with the others about your last line; it was wonderful. I really enjoyed reading these posts about your dad. Thank you for sharing them, and it’s worth repeating next year for the new WP audience.

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