ESSAY FROM A CHILD

A teacher from Primary School asks her students to write an essay about what they would like God to do for them. At the end of the day while marking the essays, she read one that made her very emotional.

Her husband, who had just walked in, saw her crying and asked her, "What happened?" She answered, "Read this. It's one of my students' essay."

'O God, tonight I ask you something very special: Make me into a television. I want to take its place. Live like the TV in my house. Have my own special place, and have my family around ME. To be taken seriously when I talk.... I want to be the centre of attention and be heard without interruptions or questions. I want to receive the same special care that the TV receives when it is not working. Have the company of my dad when he arrives home from work, even when he is tired. And I want my mom to want me when she is sad and upset, instead of ignoring me... And... I want my brothers to fight to be with me... I want to feel that family just leaves everything aside, every now and then, just to spend some time with me. And last but not least make it that I can make them all happy and entertain them... Lord I don't ask you for much... I just want to live like every TV.'

At that moment the husband said, "My God, poor kid! What horrible parents!"

She looked up at him and said, "That essay is our son's!"

Lesson – Spend more quality time with your kids

ESSAY FROM A CHILD

ESSAY FROM A CHILD

A teacher from Primary School asks her students to write an essay about what they would like God to do for them. At the end of the day while marking the essays, she read one that made her very emotional.

Her husband, who had just walked in, saw her crying and asked her, "What happened?" She answered, "Read this. It's one of my students' essay."

'O God, tonight I ask you something very special: Make me into a television. I want to take its place. Live like the TV in my house. Have my own special place, and have my family around ME. To be taken seriously when I talk.... I want to be the centre of attention and be heard without interruptions or questions. I want to receive the same special care that the TV receives when it is not working. Have the company of my dad when he arrives home from work, even when he is tired. And I want my mom to want me when she is sad and upset, instead of ignoring me... And... I want my brothers to fight to be with me... I want to feel that family just leaves everything aside, every now and then, just to spend some time with me. And last but not least make it that I can make them all happy and entertain them... Lord I don't ask you for much... I just want to live like every TV.'

At that moment the husband said, "My God, poor kid! What horrible parents!"
She looked up at him and said, "That essay is our son's!"
Lesson – Spend more quality time with your kids

Warning: LAPTOP users - Please take caution and pass it to others‏

Be careful with your laptop...


You may have heard that a couple in Mequon lost their 25 year old son (Arun Gopal Ratnam) in a fire at home June 4th 2010. This was what happened.

He graduated with MBA from University of Wisconsin-Madison two weeks earlier and came home. Had lunch with his dad at home and decided to go back to to clean up his room at school. Father told him to wait and see his mother before he goes back for a few days. He decided to take a snooze while waiting for his mom to come home from work.

Neighbors called 911 when they saw black smoke coming out of the house. Their 25 year old son Arun died in the three year old house. It took several days of investigation to find out the cause of the fire.

It was determined that the fire was caused by lap top in the bed. When the lap top is on the bed cooling fan does not get air to cool the computer and that is what caused the fire. He did not even wake up to get out of the bed - he died of carbon monoxide.

We have seen all of us using our lap top in bed. Let us all decide and make it a practice not to do that. Risk is real. Let us make it a rule not to use lap top in bed or put computer on bed with blankets and pillows around.