Storytime Tapestry Newsletter

The newsletter devoted to spreading love and cultural awareness around the world.

April 24, 2008

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 Bologna Sandwiches Part 2
Clara Wersterfer



After Tom passed away, Elizabeth would marry Reverend Sams.  He loved and adored her, showering her with the attention she never received from Tom. There was a fly in the ointment however. Preacher Sams was gone frequently to hold services at neighboring churches.

Sometimes the minister was sick or just needed time off.  During those times Elizabeth would visit with her oldest daughter Dora and her husband Regan
along with their only child, Bertha.  Elizabeth doted on Bertha and went to
many social events that Bertha enjoyed. Dora and Regan loved having her.
Regan told many people how much he loved his mother-in-law.

Elizabeth had a very large mole on her cheek that she was ashamed of and
constantly held her hand over it while talking.  At one of the gatherings, a lady
noticed and commented to Elizabeth that she could tie a thread around the mole and it would fall off after a few weeks.    Elizabeth was eager to try it.

A few days later if grew sore and painful. Elizabeth went to her doctor, but it was
too late.  She died within the week from blood poison.

Elizabeth's service was at her husband's church. There was a large crowd at her funeral and everyone noticed how distraught Elizabeth's son in law, Regan seemed.  When the mortician had the family pass by for a final viewing Regan
leaned down to kiss Elizabeth goodbye and collapsed in the casket. 

A doctor in the congregation pronounced him dead of a massive heart attack.  The service for Elizabeth could not continue until the body of Regan was removed. Reverend Sams suggested they all adjourn to the outside where the final words and prayers were said.


The ambulance came for Regan and the attendants were astonished to see the
big crowd standing outside.  They had to wait until the service ended to remove
Regan's body. Elizabeth might have led a boring life sitting home waiting for Tom to return, but there wasn't anything boring about her departure from this life!

Clara Wersterfer

cbwest@webtv.net

Poetry Corner

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    How Can This be?

Conrad S. Cardinal

A man said the holocaust did not occur.
A terribly ignorant slur.

This man, a Muslim, refusing to
acknowledge a fact of history.
How one can hold such a ridiculous
opinion, is a mystery.

Indeed six million lives were taken
senselessly.
Slaughtered and treated brutally.

Part of my heritage is Jewish, a fact
of which I am proud.
They are a tough and talented people,
who voice their opinion aloud.

A people who have made their mark in
science, art and more.
Survivors sure, whether rich or poor.

Were they killed because they excelled
in so many ways?
Could fear of their intelligence be why he
tried to end their days?

Perhaps it’s incriminating, admitting it’s
true.
It would serve to show, these are things
some still do.

Conrad
                      cconseth@aol.com

   
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Here is our Storytime Tapestry Angels: Also, I would like to thank those of you who chose to be a silent angel and gave an anonymous donation to keep Storytime Tapestry up and running.

Clara Westerfer, Mark Crider, Rosanne Catalano, Paula Booher, Kay Seefeldt, Mariane Holbrook, Mary Ellen Grisham, Louise Nomani, Sharon Bryant, Angela Walker, Hart and Helen Dowd, Keith Ready, Ginger Morgenstern, Ellie Braun-Haley, Surinder Jandu, Bob Shaw, Carol Meeks, Charlotte Hilliard, Marilyn Sink, Victor Buhagiar, Clarice Hinson, Conrad