According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington recently faced a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick, and put it on in the bathroom.

That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick, they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints. Every night, the maintenance man would remove them and the next day, the girls would put them back.

Finally, the principal decided to do something. She called all the girls t...

Dwight Nelson recently told a true story about a pastor. He had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his backyard, and then was afraid to come down.

The pastor coaxed, offered warm milk, etc. THe kitty would not come down. The tree was not sturdy enough to climb, so the pastor decided that if he tied a rope to his car and drove away so that the tree bent down, he could then reach up and grasp the kitten.

I have worked in Memory Care for many years. I started out in housekeeping. I believe in being playful with my residents, trying to bring a smile to their face. 

Many times I have come beside one of my residents in a wheelchair with my laundry cart and playfully say, "On your marks, Get set, Go!" Followed by those residents moving their feet rapidly and my running in place, all in good fun.

One day I came up along one of my residents, a 96 year old Norwegian woman. She with her walker and me wi...