Funny Memories

Funny memory 1)

So, I was driving home the other night, and I suddenly remembered that I fell asleep during Jon’s graduation... don’t ask me why my brain chose that moment to remember...

I was sat in a large hall full of people... Jon’s parents were at the back (hope they didn’t see me) and I was somewhere towards the middle... after a very late night the night before, spending all morning rushing Jon around to get to the right place at the right time, and cooking lunch for future in-laws in Jon’s student flat, the man next to me reading a newspaper he was so bored..... I was shattered... and 3 hours into listening to boring speeches and watching name after name walk across the stage, my head just nodded....

No. I didn’t miss Jon... I proudly watched him walk across the stage to collect his qualification.
I then pinched myself to stay awake for the rest of it... thankfully S is at the end of the alphabet so there wasn’t that long to go....!

Funny memory 2)

Joan was teaching Sunday School, and she asked the children whether they could cross an ocean, anticipating the answer to be "NO" so then she could come back with the amazing miracle of what God did. However children being children, this is how the conversation went.

"So, imagine a huge amount of water. Could you cross it in a tractor?"

"Yes"

"Well a boat or a plane maybe, but not a Tractor"

"Yes, I've seen tractors in the water"

"60 feet of water?"

"Yes"

"Do you know how tall 60 feet is?"

"No"

"It's taller than 10 Mr Sayers standing on top of each other"

"I could just jump across on my pogo stick"

Funny memory 3)

We had the joy of seeing David and Liz over the summer, we miss them now they’re in Kenya and it is amazing how much the children have grown every time we see them again. We took every opportunity we could to see them while they were in the UK, and 2 conversations with Joy and Isaac stand out in my mind.

1) In the car
Jon “So, have you seen Mr Bob while you’ve been here in England”
Isaac “No, Uncle Jon, Mr Bob is dead”
Silence...
Jon “Are you sure Isaac”
Isaac “Yes”
Joy “No Isaac, Mr Bob was working in another country”
Isaac “No Joy, Mr Bob is dead, he has done the work God wants him to do and now he’s in heaven”
Joy “No, Isaac Mr Bob is in China”
Jon - Trying to avert an argument... “What does Mr Bob do Joy”?
Joy “He makes aeroplane engines”
Silence...
Isaac “Uncle Jon, how do you make aeroplane engines”
Jon “Well, a long time ago it was a propeller, but I’m not sure now”
Isaac “I know how. You put a big battery in them”

2) After Isaac had been made to apologise to Joy

Isaac “I don’t like girls”
Beth “Well that makes me sad, because I’m a girl”
Isaac (thinking) “Well, ok, I like big girls. You know, like Aunties, but I just don’t like little girls”
Joy (in a wounded voice) “Oh Isaac, you know Mummy said I’m not a little girl anymore, I’m a big girl”
Isaac (thinking again...) “Well ok... but Gracie is annoying”