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Special Treat ??“ Susan Stevens

Nov 26, 2005? 

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Thank you, Carol.?  I so enjoy all your stories and the stories of others.?  I'm familiar with some of your writers (Joe Walker, Ellie Braun Halley, Roger Dean Kaiser, and Gary Jacobson as we have been published in some of the same books or online in Heartwarmers, Hearttouchers, etc.) and I? look forward to getting acquainted with the others.? 

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DON'T LIKE THAT

by Susan Stevens

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Three-year-old Katie and her mother, Lori, arrived at Grandma??™s house (across the street from theirs)? with a bowl of food.?  Lori was going to leave Katie with Grandma? so she could? run an errand, and was? frustrated that Katie wouldn??™t eat? the lunch she prepared for her.?  One look at the food and Grandma knew why it was turned down.?  It was cheeseburger Hamburger Helper.?  Katie never did care much for the texture of crumbled cooked ground beef and kept telling her mother ???Don??™t like that.????  Her grandmother had just sat down to the table to eat a bowl of stroganoff over egg noodles and Katie asked to sit next to her at the table.?  ???Of course you can sit here, Katie,??? said Grandma, ???We can eat together.????  Katie climbed up on the chair and asked for it to be moved in.?  Grandma set the bowl of cheeseburger macaroni in front of Katie who quickly let it be known she didn??™t like it.?  Grandma asked Katie if she wanted a bite of the stroganoff.?  Shaking her head, Katie? scooped some of here food on a spoon and asked Grandma if she wanted a bite of the cheeseburger macaroni.?  Grandma smiled and took the spoonful of the dreaded macaroni mixture then announced to Katie how good it was.?  Still trying to delay eating the macaroni mixture, Katie sat up quickly and said, ???Oh no, forgot something!????  Grandma asked what, and Katie folded her hands as she announced they had forgot to pray.?  ???Oh no,??? said Grandma, ???what shall we do?????  ???Katie pray first,??? answered Katie.?  As she re-folded her hands and bowed her little head these words could be heard, ???Thank you, Jesus, for this food??¦pause??¦I don??™t like it!?  Thank you, God!?  Amen.????  All that needed to be said was said in that one little prayer.?  She didn??™t like it, and didn??™t want to eat it, but she was going to be thankful for it anyway.? ? Grandma brushed away her tears as she smiled at Katie and silently thanked God for the? reminder that 'in all things' we are? to give thanks.?  Katie's eyes sparkled and she? smiled as they ate their lunch together.?  Thankful for their food,? but? mostly thankful for each other's company.?  (September 1, 2004)

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Susan Stevens

summr@msn.com? ? 

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Susan is the Mother of seven grown children and Grandmother of 14, including Katie.?  She? grew up an Air Force brat who lived in various states, mainly California.?  In the 70's she moved to Washington state where she now resides.?  She is in management for a background screening company and enjoys her hobby of writing about her family, her friends,? and her life experiences.