Faith&Friends
COMMON GROUND
“Best Breakfast, Quarantined” Even in the midst of COVID-19, laughter is still the best medicine.
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by Jeanette Levellie
Illustrations: Dennis Jones
rom shocking sayings to shaggy hair, confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in more than one case of cabin fever. It also gave us a few reasons to chuckle. The following stories show the truth in the saying: “A cheerful heart is good medicine” (Proverbs 17:22). Layers of Plenty During the first week of working from home in late March, my writing partner, Beth, requested six onions as part of an online grocery order. When she picked up her food at the market, Beth noticed one box was very heavy. Inside, she found the largest six onions in history. “They were the size of grapefruits,” she says. “One of the grocery-order fillers must have felt generous that day!” After several months of eating recipes containing onions, Beth’s family have decided to grow their own next spring.
Seeing Things When my friend, Jennie, brought home a meal from a fast-food café, her son, Mike, stared at the saying on the side of his cup.
“Oh, man,” he said. “Even the ads on the cups mention quarantines!” Jennie glanced at the cup and read: “Best Breakfast, Guaranteed.” Mike had mistaken it for: “Best Breakfast, Quarantined.”
faithandfriends.ca I OCTOBER 2020
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