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The Barefoot Preacher's Wife
Check here for the most recent humor columns by Celine Sparks.
Other columns can be found mixed in with her Biblically-based books: Because I Said So; Whatever Happened to Fried Chicken?; How to Train Your Dragon; and If Mama Ain't Happy.
Resolution: A little more attention to where I step in the mall
Nothing takes the Happy out of New Year like a good old-fashioned resolution. Most of them have something to do with eating less Reese...
Jan 1, 20254 min read
With every Christmas card I write
I can answer that. What’s the greatest challenge in raising a large family in our society? Some have said that it’s providing physical...
Dec 16, 20244 min read
Thankful . . . That I Deleted the Calorie App
Here we go again! Throw a brown shawl over the table, light the rust-colored candles, unbox the china, and bring out all the food we...
Nov 26, 20244 min read
The Great Comeback of 2024!
The joke’s on us. We didn’t think it was good. We just ate it because sometimes we had to. If the cupboard was bare, we could always...
Nov 17, 20242 min read
Hay, Hay, we're the Monkeys! And Clowns and Triangle Hypotenuses.
This week we will reexamine our choices. We will cast our vote for the lesser of two evils. And the hayride will win. It’s either that or...
Oct 29, 20244 min read
Don't feed it; you'll have to keep it.
My brother went to Florida with Uncle Click, and I had to feed his chickens while he was gone. I was scared of them, but he was paying me...
Oct 15, 20243 min read
Hear, hear! (Or at least get it close.)
I was nowhere near ready. But when Dad was ready to go to the Waffle House, not much got in his way. I think you could have put the set...
Sep 25, 20243 min read
Breaking Up is Hard to Do (But Breaking Down Comes Easy for Me)
Everyone’s a mechanic when you’ve got your hood up. That’s the problem for me. I usually remain calm and know exactly what to do until...
Sep 10, 20244 min read
Alex Trebek would roll over. (And we're about to.)
I already had a source for useless information. I won’t name any names, but there are people that when you see them coming, you better be...
Sep 3, 20243 min read
There's no use stewing about it.
Whew, I hope I don’t go into labor on labor day. I know they have a day set aside for it and all, but that has to be the worst way to...
Aug 29, 20243 min read
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