"She'll fit!"

It was a beautiful building!  Tall spires in the back with red arches and crosses atop, right angled peaks, shorter blue spires in front with crosses atop, clocks in the towers -- all set in mature evergreens as tall as the front steeples with a slight knoll in forefront and gentle blue clouds as background giving a restful feeling to the whole scene.

While I was sorting through a stack of miscellaneous papers I caught a glimpse of this ornate church.  It was the front cover of a paper pocket folder darling hubby and sons brought home after an afternoon out.  It was a packet full of literature that stated "Your choice for a simple sacred way."  Okay, that was nice.

I'd stayed home feeling a bit under the weather.
They'd went to the Indianpolis Home Show.  It's a big building with exhibitors and booths promoting anything from flowers to roofing to cabinetry to recreational vehicles.

When they came busting through the front doors, they were all excited, everyone talking at once, bounding through the house, one to the bathroom, one to the refrigerator (just like a teenage boy, right?) and one to the kitchen closet.  Hummm, that last one was interesting, not much in there except cans of paint, garden supplies and my tool box.

Then they all laughed and giggled in conspiracy (yes, boys can giggle) but I temporarily ignored them because I had questions.  I'm always curious as to what was their favorite thing, did they get something to eat and bring me a treat, would they like to go again, did they get along, any trouble with traffic, etc.  I'm always full of questions so that's what I was doing when it happened.

I got measured.

One boy asked, "How tall are you, Mom?"  I was distracted, didn't pay attention.
Another one chuckled.

Third boy comes up to me and stretches out the tape measure.  Now my antennae start to rise.  What are these munchkins doing?  Somethings up.

"I'm 5 foot 3 and a half, why?"

"She'll fit."  And they laughed heartily.

"Here, Mom," and they handed me this pocket folder with the Abbey on front, "they're having a sale.  You can choose whichever one you want."

Durn their little hides.  They'd just measured me for an Abbey Casket!