I Sure Do Miss St. Sanity (standard:humor, 902 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Aug 18 2019	Views/Reads: 1361/836	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
There may not be many sane people in this world today, but that is not going to stop me from hungering and thirsting after the things of God.

The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and me recently celebrated our
48th wedding anniversary. It sure does not seem we have been married 
that long. I guess, as you get older, according to my grandmother, time 
goes faster. If that is true, I must be getting older. 

We met in September, became engaged in February of the following year
and in August of that year we had our “I Do” ceremony. 

As a naïve young man, I did not know that that “I Do” meant that for the
rest of my life I would “Do.” I must say I have tried to keep up to 
that sacred covenant for all these years. 

Confession is in order here, and I must say that on the wife's side of
this relationship, the “I Do” covenant has been faithfully upheld. 

I will admit that our marriage has not been perfect. After all, look who
my wife has to deal with every day! And deal with, she has most 
successfully. If I were playing cards, she would have dealt a winning 
hand every time. 

After all these years, things have changed quite a bit. I acknowledge
that as normal. Nothing ever remains the same I'm sure. Some things I 
do not want to remain the same. 

In some ways, I wish my age would remain the same, but that would be a
very difficult thing to maintain. How can you tell people you are 20 
years old when you look like 80? I have seen some research that says 
that 60 are the new 40. I can only hope. 

We have had quite a trip down through these years. There have been
children, then grandchildren, and then great-grandchildren. The 
Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage keeps these birthdays all up to 
date. My responsibility is buying the birthday card. 

In spite of all the wonderful things we have experienced through the
years, one thing I really miss. 

To be honest, there are many things that I missed down through the
years. This year I celebrate the 50th anniversary of my graduating from 
high school. I sure miss those days, but we got together and acted like 
fools, although some of us were not acting. 

Of all the things I have missed, there is only one that rings a bell
with me. 

The thing I miss today is good old St. Sanity. 

I am old enough to remember the time when St. Sanity ruled the day. I
must say that I sure miss him a lot today. 

It is not that I have not looked for him. I have but to date I have not
found him. 

Of course, when I was younger we did not even have TV let alone Internet
and cell phones. I spent a lot of time in that place quite unfamiliar 
today called the library. I had wonderful memories of time in the 
library. For those who do not know, a library is a place where they had 
books. 

Looking around at the culture today, all I see is Ms. Insanity and boy
is she popular. 

During a recent trip I spent time listening to the radio and
particularly some of the modern music. I am not quite sure what modern 
music is but I tried listening. 

I remember the time when you could listen to music, hear the words and
phrases, understand what they were saying and it all made sense. Now, 
not only can't I hear the words because of the beating of the drums in 
the background, but none of the words make sense. 

Ms. Insanity has taken over the music industry. 

One night the wife and I were watching a late TV show that had a
contemporary comedian. I never heard of the person and as I was 


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