Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? I've been told that we are known by the fruit we bear. Sweet fruit. Sour fruit. Bitter fruit. How about sweet and sour?

I could name a few people from each of the above.

There are some people that drip with sweetness. They are kind, loving, and giving people.  They have many friends, because of their genuine love for God and man.

I have known a few people that are sour. Lemons you could say. People that hold grudges about something that happened 10 years ago. Or people that are always disagreeable. Some people like to disagree about everything. I think some people would argue with a sign post.

Then there are those that are bitter. They've become bitter about their bad fortune. So they blame God or someone for the problems they may have created themselves. 

Sweet and sour? When I think of sweet and sour, I think of black berries or strawberries. Sometimes by themselves they can be a little bitter or sour. Add a little sugar and they are wonderful. Put them in a pie or cobbler and they are very tasteful. I know a few people like this. Most of the time they are happy, fun loving people, then there are times they are a little sour or bitter 

What kind of fruit are you?

?© 2004 Maryann Featherston

Re: SSS is for Snoring

I enjoyed this story so much and laughed hard to know I once was in the same boat as she was.

This story brings tears to my eyes, as I too, had to live with my husband snoring to beat the band.  I would too, poke, prod, jiggle, wiggle, PRAY and even shake the bed to make him turn over and stop snoring.  At least I had the luxury of staying asleep after I did fall asleep.  I had learned to be knocked out so I would not hear it.  I even would go to bed first to fall asleep and not hear the snoring.

As the story follows, my husband would stop breathing at times.  This would wake me or even if I was awake, I would softly say, "breath, breath, breath" to hope that he would start breathing again.  After years of this, I finally convinced him through a Channel 5 news broadcast that he had sleep apnea.  He then believed me.  He had all the systems and problems associated with sleep apnea, one of them being he would still be tired the next day for lack of sleep.  Go figure, a man that would rattle the shingles off the roof tops, stay in bed for hours (cause I thought he was sleeping) and wake up so exhausted and want to take a nap within the first 2 hours after waking up, could still be tired.  I was frustrated to say the least about that one.

After his stay over at the clinic for sleep disorders and the nurses that were watching him sleep came running into the room and had all the gear to put on him cause they were scared to death he would stop breathing while in the clinic, he too was outfitted with sleep gear with the constant flow of air into his throat and lungs also.  His gear to me looks like Snuffalufagus off of Sesame Street.  He now has great sleep and doesn't feel like sleeping all the time, or wanting to continue taking naps at all hours of the days.  He still has some of the other syptoms, but they are related to other things too.  Snuffy (C-Pap machine and head gear) as we call it, goes to any and all vacations or sleep overs we may have and thank goodness it is portable.

I too can sleep with the sound of the air machine much easier now than to have to try to make him turn over or push him out of the bed for snoring.   Thanks for sharing your story with me.

Cindy Warner

May your day be blessed

Bob Johnston