Humor for a Sister's Heart
Stories, Quips, and Quotes to Lift the Heart
Chapter One
Sisters Are There for You in a Pinch
Make My Day, Doughboy! by Karen Scalf Laramer
For some unknown reason, I was awake at 3 a.m. when my sister Michelle tiptoed
past my bedroom door. I said, "Hey."
"Hey back." She poked her head in my room. "I'm glad you're awake. I heard a
noise in the basement."
Ten months earlier, my two kids and I moved into a big old house in the woods
and invited my sister and five-year-old niece to move in with us. No husbands or
sons, just two single moms, our three daughters, and enough clothes to
fashionably outfit a third-world country. Now the dark basement of that big old
house was making weird noises in the middle of the night.
I threw on a robe and we tiptoed down the stairs, through the main hall, around
the corner, and peered down the basement stairwell.
I whispered, "What did you hear?"
"I heard scratching. It was so loud I thought it was you."
I frowned. "Just how loud do I scratch?"< ... read full excerpt from Humor for a Sister's Heart: Stories, Quips, and Quotes to Lift the Heart ebook
