Heartwarming Stories~ - Page 2

violet · 11-18-2007, 03:24 PM

Sister,
You're only a senior in numbers, not heart and mind!!!

I don't think you are old enough to be my mother!

violet · 11-18-2007, 05:24 PM

Adopted

Teacher Debbie Moon's first graders were discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture had a different color hair than the other family members. One child suggested that maybe he was adopted. A little girl named Jocelynn Jay said, "I know all about adoption because I was adopted." "What does it mean to be adopted?" asked another child. "It means that you grew in your mommy's heart instead of her tummy." said Jocelynn.

violet · 11-18-2007, 05:30 PM

Judging Books by their Covers

A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an appointment into the president of Harvard University's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Cambridge. She frowned.
"We want to see the president", the man said softly.
"He'll be busy all day," the secretary snapped.
"We'll wait," the lady replied.
For hours, the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn't. And the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president, even though it was a chore she always regretted to do. "Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they'll leave," she told him. And he sighed in exasperation and >nodded. Someone of his importance obviously didn't have the time to spend with them, but he detested ginghamdresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer office.
The president, stern-faced with dignity, strutted toward the couple. The lady told him, "We had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus".
The president wasn't touched - he was shocked. "Madam," he said gruffy, "We can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery".
"Oh, no," the lady explained quickly, "We don't want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard."
The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical plant at Harvard".
For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. He could get rid of them now.
And the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a University? Why don't we just start our own?" Her husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. And Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established the University that bears their name, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

Dusty · 11-18-2007, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by violet

Sister,

You're only a senior in numbers, not heart and mind!!!

I don't think you are old enough to be my mother!

LOL..... I wish I could say it wasn't true but I could be Violet.

Dusty · 11-18-2007, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by violet

Adopted

Teacher Debbie Moon's first graders were discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture had a different color hair than the other family members. One child suggested that maybe he was adopted. A little girl named Jocelynn Jay said, "I know all about adoption because I was adopted." "What does it mean to be adopted?" asked another child. "It means that you grew in your mommy's heart instead of her tummy." said Jocelynn.

Awww...... that's so cute .... Love it.

violet · 11-18-2007, 09:38 PM

I'm nearing the big five zero, Dusty!

Dusty · 11-19-2007, 02:17 AM

Nah.... I don't believe it Violet.... you look so young.

It was so funny on Sat. evening cause we had our 55+ meeting ( we don't like to call it seniors ) and we had " I remember when " and when I got up to tell about the milkman with the cart and horse, the breadman and the ice truck truck that delivered the big blocks of ice for the ice box after when I sat down ., I was thinking wow .... I am really old. LOL

adoptivemommy · 11-19-2007, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by violet

Judging Books by their Covers

A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an appointment into the president of Harvard University's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Cambridge. She frowned.
"We want to see the president", the man said softly.
"He'll be busy all day," the secretary snapped.
"We'll wait," the lady replied.
For hours, the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn't. And the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president, even though it was a chore she always regretted to do. "Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they'll leave," she told him. And he sighed in exasperation and >nodded. Someone of his importance obviously didn't have the time to spend with them, but he detested ginghamdresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer office.
The president, stern-faced with dignity, strutted toward the couple. The lady told him, "We had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus".
The president wasn't touched - he was shocked. "Madam," he said gruffy, "We can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery".
"Oh, no," the lady explained quickly, "We don't want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard."
The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical plant at Harvard".
For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. He could get rid of them now.
And the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a University? Why don't we just start our own?" Her husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. And Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established the University that bears their name, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

Kimmie, is this a true story? Because it's unbelievable! I absolutely love it!!

Laura

adoptivemommy · 11-19-2007, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by violet

Adopted

Teacher Debbie Moon's first graders were discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture had a different color hair than the other family members. One child suggested that maybe he was adopted. A little girl named Jocelynn Jay said, "I know all about adoption because I was adopted." "What does it mean to be adopted?" asked another child. "It means that you grew in your mommy's heart instead of her tummy." said Jocelynn.

This I know, first hand!

adoptivemommy · 11-19-2007, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by violet

I'm nearing the big five zero, Dusty!

Yeah, right!

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