The recent shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, reminds me of a gun-related accident that happened to a family friend.
Years ago when my siblings and I were still in grade school, one of our mother’s God brothers liked to spend times chasing wild animals. So during the hunting season, he would take his guns to far away places where wild boars roamed. Since we had never seen any trophies in his home or heard of him telling his big “fish” stories, no one really took him as a serious hunter. Indeed, he was not. And he proved the others right when we heard what had happened to him in his last outing to the high country. Instead of aiming his shotgun at a wild creature, he shot himself in the foot and lost a big toe!
It happened many years ago when we were kids. But I still remember the roaring laughter bursted in the room when we heard the pain this family friend had inflicted upon himself by his own doing. Fortunately, the physical suffering in this case was not fatal. But the pain and suffering from the severed toe had definitely helped cut short of the career of a would-be hunter. - Ayee
Monday, December 31, 2012
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
A Merry Christmas to All!
Last week I got an unexpected reminder that Santa Claus is coming to town soon!
On the day I went to the lab to have some blood work done, the technician who had just jabbed a sharp needle into my vein sent me home with a Merry Christmas instead of a friendly good-bye. Because there were still a few more days before the month of the Advent, greetings like Merry Christmas did put me off-guarded a bit. But it did not diminish the good will imbedded in these two simple words thou!
This year I was somewhat sluggish on preparing the upcoming Yuletide season. This untimely but sincere greeting had just given me a jolt that I badly needed. It prompted me to realize the season that allows us to take a pause after a trying year is just around the corner. The festive celebration during Christmas holiday also provides us tons of excuses to splurge a little on ourselves and others. In addition, I was pleased to see that I was not the only one who sends “Merry Christmas” wishes to others during the season of love, peace and miracls. - Ayee.
On the day I went to the lab to have some blood work done, the technician who had just jabbed a sharp needle into my vein sent me home with a Merry Christmas instead of a friendly good-bye. Because there were still a few more days before the month of the Advent, greetings like Merry Christmas did put me off-guarded a bit. But it did not diminish the good will imbedded in these two simple words thou!
This year I was somewhat sluggish on preparing the upcoming Yuletide season. This untimely but sincere greeting had just given me a jolt that I badly needed. It prompted me to realize the season that allows us to take a pause after a trying year is just around the corner. The festive celebration during Christmas holiday also provides us tons of excuses to splurge a little on ourselves and others. In addition, I was pleased to see that I was not the only one who sends “Merry Christmas” wishes to others during the season of love, peace and miracls. - Ayee.
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