A good "drug" problem! The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, ''Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?'' I replied: I had a drug problem when I was young! I was drug to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to church for weddings and funerals. >> >>> >> >>>I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the >> >>>weather. >> >>> >> >>>I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults. >> >>> >> >>>I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a >> >>>lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke >> >>>ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put forth my best >> >>>effort in everything that was asked of me. >> >>> >> >>>I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap >> >>>if I uttered a profane four-letter word. >> >>> >> >>>I was drug out to pull weeds in mom's garden and flower beds and >> >>>cockleburs out of dad's fields. >> >>> >> >>>I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors to help out >> >>>some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline, >> >>>or chop some firewood; and, if my mother had ever known that I took a >> >>>single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to >> >>>the woodshed. >> >>> >> >>>Those drugs are still in my veins; and they affect my behavior in >> >>>everything I do, say, and think. They are stronger than cocaine, > crack, >> >>>or heroin; and, if today's children had this kind of drug problem, >> >>>America would be a better place.
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