One Big Happy by Rick Detorie for August 15, 2022

Good enough, Ruthie.

Had an older Neighbor boy push me down into a puddle that was over my head when I hit the ground. When I got home both of our mothers were outside visiting with each other. When his mother started scolding him he responded “But it’s OK, I put sand in my hair, since I pushed him.” Like putting sand in his own hair made it OK to push someone into a deep puddle.

It is better to give buckets of sand than to receive.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou wilt heap coals of fire upon his head, And Jehovah will reward thee. (Proverbs 25:21-22 ASV)

Forgiving oneself is important. However, she doesn’t seem repentant.

Okayyyyy…

silly answer nobody gets out alive

“Father, forgive for what we must do/You forgive us and we’ll forgive you/We’ll forgive each ‘til we all turn blue/Then we’ll whistle and go fishin’ in Heaven”

John Prine

A bucket of sand over Buggy’s head seems a fair punishment — good going Ruthie!

“Two Hail Marys, one Our Father and 60 minutes in a private meeting with Father Pedo.”