John attended the men's prayer breakfast and heard a visiting
psychologist speak on the topic of showing appreciation to the
important people in one's life. John decided to start with his
wife, so after work that night, he went to the shopping mall,
where he bought a dozen long-stemmed roses, a box of choco-
lates, and a pair of earrings. He chortled with self-satisfaction
as he contemplated surprising his wife, showing her how much
he appreciated her.
He stood at the front door with the roses in his right hand,
the gaily wrapped box of candy under his arm, and an open jew-
elry box displaying the earrings in his left hand. With an elbow
he rang the doorbell. His wife came to the door, opened it, and
stared at him for a long minute. Suddenly she burst into tears.
"Sweetheart, what's wrong?" asked the bewildered husband.
"It's been the worst day of my life," she answered. "First,
Jimmy tried to flush his diaper down the toilet. Then Eric melt-
ed his plastic airplane in the oven. Then the dishwasher got
clogged and overflowed all over the kitchen floor. Then
Alexa came home from school with a note from the teacher
saying that she beat up a boy in her class. And now you come
home drunk!"
psychologist speak on the topic of showing appreciation to the
important people in one's life. John decided to start with his
wife, so after work that night, he went to the shopping mall,
where he bought a dozen long-stemmed roses, a box of choco-
lates, and a pair of earrings. He chortled with self-satisfaction
as he contemplated surprising his wife, showing her how much
he appreciated her.
He stood at the front door with the roses in his right hand,
the gaily wrapped box of candy under his arm, and an open jew-
elry box displaying the earrings in his left hand. With an elbow
he rang the doorbell. His wife came to the door, opened it, and
stared at him for a long minute. Suddenly she burst into tears.
"Sweetheart, what's wrong?" asked the bewildered husband.
"It's been the worst day of my life," she answered. "First,
Jimmy tried to flush his diaper down the toilet. Then Eric melt-
ed his plastic airplane in the oven. Then the dishwasher got
clogged and overflowed all over the kitchen floor. Then
Alexa came home from school with a note from the teacher
saying that she beat up a boy in her class. And now you come
home drunk!"
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