That Wasn't Funny... Was It?

Most, if not all, of you have heard the saying “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.”

My grandfather taught me a similar lesson when I was five years old. Grandpa ran the family with an “iron” fist, including my father, and this was no small feat! My father was a man who when driving could make red lights change with the snap of his fingers, he named all of the stars in the sky, and he always knew when I was lying. If Grandpa could make my dad do things then he must be powerful indeed!

One day my grandfather took a jar out of the cabinet, opened it up, and popped something into his mouth. ‘What’s in there Grandpa?” I asked. “Are they good? Can I have one?” I asked. He looked at me and then he started to smile. My mother said “Those are mostly for grown-ups.” I caught the word “mostly” though, and looked again over at my grandfather. Even though I didn’t know the word omnipotent at the time, I knew he was the definition of it! He was still...