I HATE MONDAYS!!!! Have you ever wished that there was no such thing as Monday? Then of course, it would be Tuesday and I would have that day too.... LOL Have you ever wished that there was an extra day in the weekend just so you can sleep late? I do it all the time. For those who know me, you know that I truly enjoy sleeping, that Saturday is my sleep day, that if ANYONE calls before noon it had better be a good reason... you know like somebody has died, been in a car accident or even Taylor Hicks concert tickets... if anything else well watch out I'm fit to be tied ... I really didn't have any house cleaning or laundry to do Saturday so I didn't get out of bed until 2:00 pm... I had been awake for some time but just laid in the bed and watched tv. I watched something that I really shouldn't have but I did any way. There was a 3 hour show on the Military channel called "Making Marines"... Needless to say, I cried for about 3 hours, knowing that what I was watching that in 6 months that my son would be doing the exact same thing. Y'all next time make sure that I don't watch anything like that. Somebody please take the remote away from me. I knew better... I found this over the weekend and wanted to share with everyone. It sends a wonderful message. A bunch of soldiers went to Church. After the Chaplain had read the prayer, the soldiers were ordered to open up their bibles. Those who had a prayer book took them out, but this one boy had only a deck of cards, and so he spread them out. The Sergeant saw the cards and said, "Soldier put away those cards." After the service was over, the soldier was taken prisoner. The Marshall said, "Sergeant, why have you brought the man here?" "For playing cards in church, Sir." "And what have you got to say for yourself, son?" "Much, Sir." Replied the soldier. The Marshall said, "I hope so, for if not I shall punish you more than any man was ever punished." The soldier said, "Sir, I've been in the field for about six days, I had neither Bible nor prayer book, but I hope to satisfy you, Sir, with the purity of my intentions." With that, the boy started his story: You see Sir, when I look at the "ACE", it reminds me that there is but one God. And the "DEUCE" reminds me that the Bible is divided into two parts; The Old and the New Testaments; And when I see the "TREY", I think of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; And when I see the "FOUR", I think of the four Evangelists who preached the Gospel. There was Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; And when I see the "FIVE", it reminds me of the five wise virgins who trimmed their lamps. There were ten of them, five were wise and were saved. Five were foolish and were shut out; And when I see the "SIX", it reminds me that in six days, God made this great heaven and earth; When I see the "SEVEN", it reminds me that on the seventh day, God rested from His great work; And when I see the "EIGHT", I think of the eight righteous persons God saved when He destroyed this earth. There was Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives; And when I see the "NINE", I think of the lepers our Savior cleansed. And nine out of the ten didn't even thank Him. When I see the "TEN", I think of the Ten Commandments God handed down to Moses on a table of stone; When I see the "KING", it reminds me that there is but one King of Heaven, God Almighty; And when I see the "QUEEN", I think of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is Queen of Heaven; And the "JACK" or "KNAVE" is the Devil; When I count the number of spots on a deck of cards,I find 365, the number of days in a year;There's 52 cards, the number of weeks in a year;There's 4 suits, the number of weeks in a month;There's 12 picture cards, the number of months in a year;There's 13 tricks, the number of weeks in a quarter; So you see, Sir, my pack of cards serves me as a Bible, Almanac and Prayer Book. This story derived from and song by Tex Ritter & T. Texas Tyler Have a good day! Smooches!