Red and Rover by Brian Basset for July 24, 2016

When our lawn mower broke and wouldn’t run, my wife kept hinting to me I should get it fixed. But, somehow I always had something else to take care of first, – the truck, the car, playing golf. Always something more important to me.

Finally she thought of a clever way to make her point. When I arrived home one day, I found her seated in the tall grass, busily snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing scissors. I watched silently for a short time and then went into the house. I was gone only a minute, and when I came out again I handed her a toothbrush.

I said, “When you finish cutting the grass, you might as well sweep the driveway.”

The doctors say I will walk again, but I will always have a limp…