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Funeral plants and flowers MALLARD FILLMORE By Bruce Tinsley
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said it was HER plant. frantically searching in i
The next day, my other her purse for her car keys.
sister-in-law went to my When she couldn't find
mother's house to retrieve them, she realized that, in
the plant her company her haste, she had locked _$AL
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heard of this. I thought home to get a spare key
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and plants had been sent I helped her into her 1dMgo:3, 5T M e IO SIT AM D-TH
to my mother, it should house with her bags of '7I).
be up to her to decide groceries, then drove
whether or not she wants them all back to the store I
to distribute them. After for her car. "How can
all, she's the one suffering I ever thank you?" she
the greatest loss. What asked. My reply was, "No -
is the proper procedure thanks are needed; just,.
for plants to be distrib- pass it on." J
uted after a funeral? Two weeks later, I was
CHRISTINE IN MISSOURI at a party when a couple
DEAR CHRISTINE: The walked into the living
plants should be shared. room and the woman ::::::::::
Your mother is not the excitedly said, "There she SHOE By Gary Brookins & SusieI
only person who is griev- is!" It was the woman "DO YOU K"O, IVE NEVER 3 '- OF COURS NOV YOU NEVE.R
are married to the sons rushed over and proceed- k. 9 ,''j N
of the deceased, so they ed to tell everyone how -"--10
should have the plants we met. _
their employers sent to Then she said she'd had
the funeral. her chance to "pass it on."
When there are more I asked what she told the
flowers and plants than person who had thanked'V
the family can enjoy, HER, and she said, "I said.* "
people often have them what you did, 'No thanks i"
delivered to nursing are needed pass it on!'"
homes or homes for the Small kindnesses bring 4/2U6
elderly or disabled, where big rewards. If anyone has
they can lend a burst of been the recipient of an
color and good cheer. act of kindness, remem-
PS. Thank-yous to the ber to pass it on. It's the dANRFII CLASSIC SUDOKU
senders should be sent by Golden Rule. Fill in the blank cells using numbers I to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row,
your sisters-in-law for the Thanks, Dear Abby- column and 3x3 block. Use logic and process elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty
plants they took. you "pass on" kindness level ranges from Bronze (easiest) to Silver to Gold (hardest).
DEAR ABBY. It seems with each column you
strange to write to you, write. LIVING THE Rating: GOLD
but I'd like to share this GOLDEN RULE IN93
story about how small WASHINGTON Solution to 4/25/14
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multiply. GOLDEN RUJLE: I am a 7 6 9 4 5 3 1 12 8
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two full carts of grocer- preach, the best sermon is 55 1 2 8 9 6 3 4 7
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afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and
terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your 5 23
daughters, your wives, and your houses." 4/26/14
- Nehemiah 4:14.
We need not fear if God is on our side. Instead of fo-
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