While Visiting My In-laws House
My dad did a lot of things right-taught a lot of correct principles. I didn't always agree with his methods-but then that in itself taught me the concept of there's more than one way to skin a cat. One concept my dad taught was being a debtor. When you ride in someone's car you are using their gas and adding additional wear and tear to their car-you owe them. A thanks, a bit of change (back then gas was nineteen cents per gallon), perhaps a promise to show up and do some labor for them. They were working to pay for their car and gas and insurance-the least you could do was pay your share, carry your part of the load. I was still in the mode of 'I'm a guest in your house therefore I owe you. I'm eating your food, taking up your space, etc.' So I would find things to do-to clean or clean up. This leads to two stories. Weeding the Strawberry Patch Dove's parents were living in Murray and had a strawberry patch in the backyard at the end of the driveway. We ...