We had a visit yesterday from the entire
Kel Family. Well, I guess that would be
the Vaughan Family if you want to get technical. Jachin and Micah’s football games had been
rained out, so they decided to make a trip to the library here in town. It was around lunchtime, so they stuck around
for some sandwiches.
Then while they were here we had a visit
from the Vaughan Family. OK. Wait a minute. I knew there was a reason I started the way I
did. This time it was Nathan and April
and Cailyn. Cailyn was coming over to
take an afternoon nap with us while her Mom and Dad went on a search for some
brown suspenders. Nathan is going to be in
a wedding, and that’s one of the required groomsman garb items. Better than renting a full tuxedo, I
guess. Except that they haven’t been
able to find any brown suspenders anywhere.
They have tried all the usual places: J.C. Penney, Men’s Warehouse, all
those clothing-type stores. He even
called all the tuxedo rental places he could think of. They just had the kind with buttonholes that
required the pants to have built-in buttons rather than the alligator teeth that
could grab anything and hang on. And
what stock of that button kind they did have did not come in brown. I used to have a pair of suspenders. They weren’t brown, though. As I recall they were kind of green. Lime green.
With bright yellow highlights.
Sadly, they were flooded away with Hurricane Ike.
Several places told them that an army-navy
surplus store might have some, so they were going to check out Colonel Bubie’s
on the Strand. I’m not sure why a
military surplus store would have suspenders.
Is that required fare for soldiers these days? I don’t think they found any, so if anyone
out there has brown suspenders, let me know.
Nathan would like to borrow them.
Come to think of it, I’m the officiant for
that wedding, but they didn’t say I had to have brown suspenders. They did say I didn’t have to wear a suit and
tie, though. Maybe I could surprise
everybody and show up with brown suspenders, too. Let’s see.
I have a brown magic marker and a white shirt, though. Maybe we could work something out.
Psalms 33:4-5 says, “For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he
does. The Lord loves righteousness and
justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.”
Father, thanks for that love we can count
on. Help Nathan find what he needs for
that wedding, and take care of his other needs as well. Amen.
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