Ice Cream for Dessert

Ice Cream for Dessert Humor Last week, I took my grand-children to a restaurant. My six-year-old grand-son asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, "God is good, God is great. Thank …More
Ice Cream for Dessert
Humor
Last week, I took my grand-children to a restaurant. My six-year-old grand-son asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, "God is good, God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Nana gets us ice cream for dessert. And liberty and justice for all! Amen!"
Along with the laughter from the other customers nearby, I heard a woman remark, "That's what's wrong with this country. Kids today don't even know how to pray. Asking God for ice cream! Why, I never!"
Hearing this, my grand-son burst into tears and asked me, "Did I do it wrong? Is God mad at me?"
As I held him and assured him that he had done a terrific job, and God was certainly not mad at him, an elderly gentleman approached the table.
He winked at my grand-son and said, "I happen to know that God thought that was a great prayer."
"Really?" my grand-son asked. "Cross my heart," the man replied. Then, in a theatrical whisper, he added (indicating the woman whose …More
Mell
...not an ending I was expecting. I encourage my 4-yr old grandson to say grace because he always comes up with something heartfelt. When I ask him to join in with the rosary, he just hums along.
alinalotte
Proper response in the spirit of true Christian charity would be the grandson offering his ice cream to that embittered woman without a nasty comment. In summer of 1970 I participated in walking camp lead by our English teacher. As we came to city square of Kazimierz Dolny my classmates run to buy Italian ice cream cones and look at young gypsy fortune tellers. With few more days to go and the last …More
Proper response in the spirit of true Christian charity would be the grandson offering his ice cream to that embittered woman without a nasty comment. In summer of 1970 I participated in walking camp lead by our English teacher. As we came to city square of Kazimierz Dolny my classmates run to buy Italian ice cream cones and look at young gypsy fortune tellers. With few more days to go and the last two zloty in my pocket,thirsty and hungry as one can get on a hot summer day I decided to resist the temptation to buy cherry flavored soda or ice cream cone.It was then that I had noticed an old gypsy woman sitting on the edge of water fountain .I run over to the ice cream cart and spent the money I was saving to buy postage stamps to sent letters to my mom to get the Italian ice cream. When I gave it to the old woman she looked at me,got hold of my hand,looked at the palm of my hand and said that I will have two children and than she exclaimed :" Child,but in what great friendship with God will you live." Kazimierz Dolny with it's unique old townhomes before the horrors of WWII was a bustling city inhhabited by Jews to whom Polish king granted asylum from persecution.They perished in Nazi camps in nearby Auschwitz and Treblinka alongside the Roma gypsies,handicapped,politically incorrect ...