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An Old Acquaintance Brings Back Memories

Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va., there lived a 38 year-old woman named Cherry. That was really the nickname her friends called her because she she was so sweet. All the guys would say, "If you were any sweeter, I would eat you!" That made her blush. She was the secretary at a huge Church. It's called Dan River Pentecostal Holiness Church. She loved her job.

When she attended her 20th college reunion, she didn't recognize many of the people there, but they all recognized her. Her sorority sisters said, "Hey, Cherry! You haven't changed a bit since we were in English class together with Mrs. Heinz, but you called her, 'Mrs. Ketchup' since she was so slow at getting the tests graded! You got all As in that class! The only, 'As' I ever got stood for, 'Awful!' It's great to see you, buddy! You haven't changed a bit! Why, even your hair doesn't look like it's from the Confederacy, that means it's not grey! My hair's done turned gray and now it's turned lose! You have found that thing Ponce De Leon couldn't find! That's The Fountain Of Youth! Way to go, girl!"

"Yeah! Thanks! It's great to see you too!" said Cherry, not having a clue who she was talking to there, but fortunately she also got As in drama class. That's where she learned how to act so well.

The next lady yelled, "Cherry! Long-time-no-see! You haven't changed a bit! I still remember those terrific, encouraging words about not quitting you told me! They have stuck with me throughout my life since then! They've become my mantras for life! God bless you, girl!" Then she hugged her as if she had just heroically saved her life, laughing with glee.

"Yeah! I think about you all the time too!" Cherry lied, not having a clue who that lady actually was. "We were such good friends! Except I cannot remember what we used to do with each other!"

"You're such a kidder!" the lady laughed, "I know you can remember the panty-raids all those guys did on our sorority! That was the highlight of my time spent with you! You were the ring-leader!"

"Yeah, I was!" replied Cherry smiling, "Oh, and uh, speaking or ring, I can see you're wearing one now!"

"Right!" said the unknown lady, "I married Timmy! Remember, we all called him, 'Timid-Timmy!' You started that name! I see you haven't changed a bit!"

"Neither have you!" said Cherry, still not knowing who the woman was. "Why don't we call some of the girls that we knew then? That would be fun!"

"Gee, all the ones I knew are dead or I haven't heard from them since we graduated!" said the lady.

"Please write your name and number down on this piece of paper!" said Cherry, getting desperate to know the woman's name. "Sign it like you did then!"

"You really haven't changed a bit, have you?" said the mystery woman while laughing. "We should get together more often and talk about our lives some!"

By then Cherry was a basket-case. The mystery- woman was giving her no idea about her name.

"It's great to see you again, Cherry! It's been a long time since we were together, hasn't it?" the old friend said and punched her on the arm, playfully.

About that time Cherry's mom walked through the door. Cherry yelled, "Oh, Mom! You remember her? She was my best-friend in college! Excuse me just a moment, Mom needs to go rest in a room. That is what we do in the, 'res-room!' Excuse us a minute!"

When the 2 walked out of the room, Cherry asked, "Who the heck is that, mom? She's an old friend but I don't know her name! Please get it out of her!"

"You haven't changed a bit!" said the stranger when they were together in the bathroom, "Now, you needed help with lots of things, but I didn't know you couldn't use the bathroom without help!"

"Who the heck is she?" Cherry whisper-yelled. "Now, she's driving me crazy! I don't know her!"

Her mom shrugged her shoulders and said, "I never even met your Sorority Sisters! Don't ask me!"

"Oh, help me Lord!" pleaded Candy under her breath, "Please send somebody my way to tell me these people's names! Now, I thank You that it's done in Jesus's mighty Name, Father! Hallelujah!"

Suddenly a bolt of lightening struck the building they were in, causing Cherry to get flung up against the wall, hard. The odd thing was that there wasn't a single cloud in the sky. It just came from nowhere.

When Cherry came to, she was surrounded by her family, plus 3 doctors. They all said, "Gee! It was odd that lightning struck somebody in their dorm! Especially on the inside! Even more when it was perfectly clear outside! That was, 'shocking!' "

Then the mystery-woman said, "Oh, wow! Now, you really are one lucky lady, Cherry, or my name isn't Abigail Armory, and it is, so there you are!"

"Luck had nothing to do with it!" said Cherry's mom, "The Lord wasn't done with her yet, that's all! Otherwise He'd have taken her Home right then!"

Cherry agreed that she was spared for a purpose. Several years later she got married to Mr. Right. He happened to be a writer so he was actually, "Mr. Write." They got married and had some beautiful, athletic, extremely intelligent, "kids" who didn't get anybody's, "goat." They were all quite well-behaved and never did anything horribly, "ba-a-a-ad," "butt," they were all highly successful in their lives which meant nobody, "got their goats." Yet they were the, "goat" in everything, which is an acronym for the, "Greatest Of All Time." Cherry's whole family was successful in life. So like the best-written children's stories of all-time will officially finish up with,

"THEY ALL LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER!!!!"

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The end. By, Cuz Roye.