Family Gregg

Out of town family friends ....whom we haven't seen a a few years....stopped by for a long overdue visit a few weeks ago. We had fun....chatting, laughing, all around enjoying each other etc.

We parted ways....knowing that time and distance are non-issues.

Afterwards....with much trepidation..... Mcabe offered up a thought. Maybe....possibly....one of the boys in the family might be.....maybe.....dabbling in something he shouldn't be....like pills. Something vague..... to do with pills and XBOX. I was NOT to make a big deal about it....get the boy in trouble....yadda yadda yadda. I had to PROMISE (which I never did) not to tell. Mcabe went away unburdened....greatly relieved to have this monkey off his back.

So, being who I am.....(and who I expect my friends to be) I brought it up to my grateful girlfriend who of course said she would keep an eye out for signs/symptoms...and we would pray for the Lord to reveal darkness if there were any.

She calls me yesterday w/ a funny twist in the story.

In the days since our "Pill/XBOX" conversation...her concerned kids had approached her with questions about our family. "Mom, is it possible that.... maybe....possibly..... the Gregg's ......might possibly ......think it's okay to smoke pot? The whole family...even the kids?"

My girlfriend reassured them that it was not possible that we were all smoking pot together....and it didn't matter that a few years had gone between meetings....she was absolutely sure that they were off base. She wanted to know why they thought such a thing. "Well they are so happy," came the reply....and then, "there was that big bag of weed LAYING FOR ALL TO SEE out in the open in the boy's room." No way!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Greggs might be a bit hippieish but not that hippieish!.... was the gist of what she told them.

Then, because the Lord had opened the door to a discussion regarding such matters....she proceeded to ask why the Gregg boys would have the impression that pills and XBOX might be a problem??????

So here's the wrap up. Her boy had made a comment about his friends w/ADD who take their meds prior to playing XBOX....as this seems to be all the rage. It had nothing to do w/him because he is not on meds.

Bria and Mcabe had a bag of green tea (bought by Bradley and I @ Hadley's in Palm Springs last week) sitting out on their bed.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

What I looooooove most about this story is the fact that none of the kids wanted to be considered "snitches" but that ultimately, they cared enough about eachother to tell the "snitches."