Quote of the Week, “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”
—CC—
Does the following sound familiar to any of our readers?

Dear God:

Here’s a cute rhyme that speaks to all of us who have a growing number of senior moments. I don’t know the author, but then maybe I did and have simply forgotten.

Or did the author forget to sign his or her name? Or was it so embarrassing to relate all these truths that he or she decided it was best to remain anonymous? Only you know the answer to these questions, Lord, and you’re not talking about it. Did the author make a secret deal with you? Oh well, here goes. I’m enjoying it all over again as I write it here.

My forgetter’s getting better

But my rememberer is broke.

To you that may seem funny,

But to me, that is no joke.

For when I’m “here” I’m wondering

If I really should be “there.”

And, when I try to think it through,

I haven’t got a prayer!

Oft times I walk into a room,

Saying, “what am I here for?”

I wrack my brain, but all in vain,

Zero is my score.

At times I put a thing away

Where it is safe, but, gee!

The person it is safest from is generally me!

When shopping I may see someone,

Say “Hi” and have a chat,

Then, when the person walks away,

I ask myself, “Who the heck was that?”

Yes, my forgetter’s getting better

While my rememberer is broke.

It’s driving my plumb crazy,

And that isn’t any joke.

—CC—
A couple of the more interesting stories this week . . .

AWESOME!

Environmentalists decry all the debris washing up on beaches around the world, but a discovery in January near Perth, Australia, has historians thrilled. The Washington Post reported that Tonya Illman and a friend were walking along the beach when she spotted “a lovely old bottle.” Inside was a damp note, tied with string. “We took it home and dried it out . . . and it was a printed form, in German, with very faint German handwriting on it,” she said. Experts at the Western Australia Museum have determined the note was 132 years old—24 years older than the previous record for a message in a bottle. The note was dated June 12, 1886, from a ship named Paula. Further study revealed that a German Naval Observatory program was analyzing global ocean currents in the area between 1864 and 1933, and an entry in the Paula’s captain’s journal made note of the bottle being tossed overboard. Thousands