So much for reverence
by Cookster on May.29, 2009, under Blog Shorts, Non-fiction, Stories
Staring intently six inches away from my computer monitor did not help me see the image I was looking for in the picture. I was on the website for Coast to Coast AM when I saw an interesting link to a picture taken on Memorial Day at a cemetery in New Hampshire. As I was squinting trying to find the supposed ghost in the picture, my son Todd came into the room and ask me what I was looking at. After I told him, we both searched the picture’s black and white shadows for what could have possibly been an apparition. We never were sure if we saw anything, but with the varied shadowing of the trees, you might be able to “make up” a person.

Ghost in NH cemetary?
I told Todd it kind of reminded me of when people see the Virgin Mary in a tortilla or just recently a couple claimed that one of their Cheetos looked like Jesus. These people named their new found prize “Cheesus.” Todd huffed and thought that sounded disrespectful to our savior. I was surprised, yet kind of proud of my son’s reaction only because he never had any real formal religious upbringing and I didn’t know if he felt the deep reverence Christians have for Jesus. Somehow, I had instilled this in him without really trying. As I was patting myself on the back, Todd came back in the room and said, “Well at least they didn’t call it “‘Jeeto’!”
May 30th, 2009 on 10:19 am
Hello Cookster,
This is pretty funny! I love how you set it up and let us in on your own inner puffery only to be shot down with a single line from Todd.
It works on several levels. Good job with this. You have a good ear for the dialog and the comedic sense.
Please write some more of your stories.
David
May 30th, 2009 on 12:41 pm
I hope to be able to write more amusing stories like this one and am working on just that. I guess the trick is to not let the moments of humor pass by writing them down before they slip away.
June 1st, 2009 on 7:56 pm
Yea! Score one for motherhood!
) It is amazing how much we affect our children without realizing it. Way to go ladybug . . . I hope you do write many more stories like this. On to the next one!
D
Sarah
June 1st, 2009 on 8:00 pm
Of course now that I have written this great story, Todd insists he never said that. Doesn’t matter if he did or didn’t, however it came about it made an entertaining story. Thanks for you comment, Sarah!