Finders ... and Keepers A Valentine Story
It was Valentine’s Day of 2019, and I had just sat down at the kitchen table to write checks for our monthly bills when I realized the checkbook was missing. So, I searched in all the regular places it could usually be found: on my desk, on the kitchen table and on top of the bookcase. Not finding it in any of those spots, I went to the only other place it could possibly be … my wife’s purse. Her purse was hanging from the back of a chair at the kitchen table. I picked it up and began to rummage through it. Having searched seemingly every nook and cranny within the purse, I finally gave up the hunt, laid it on the table, and called out to my wife. She was in the back of the house. “Lisa, do you know where the checkbook is?” I asked. “Did you look in my purse?” she replied. “Yes, I just looked through it. It’s not in there,” I answered. I heard her footsteps coming down the hallway. She came to the kitchen table where I was standing, picked up her purse (the
one I had just completely and thoroughly searched through) reached in, and pulled out the checkbook. As she handed it to me, there was just a slight note of irritation in her voice as she said, “You need to learn how to find things!” Without hesitation, and with a boyish grin upon my face, I replied, “I found you!” If you’ve been married any length of time, a similar scenario has probably played out in your home. Men, we’ve just got to face the facts. We are not very good at finding things around the house. Women are just better at finding stuff! I don’t have a problem admitting it …
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