Charity may begin at home but it doesn't have to end there.

You would just have to know my Mother-in Law but here is 82 years of determination, spirit and strength and you get to experience it all when you try to pay for her lunch. She simple won't have it! Generous to a fault but she won't except anyone paying her way, especially her family. So we ate out for lunch yesterday and, when it came time to pay the bill, we had our typical showdown but this time I was better prepared. "No you won't", said she. "Yes I will", said I. But when she started to hand over the money for her share of the meal, I asked her if she had a special organization that she donated to in her church. That stopped her right in her charitable tracks. She said that her church some ministry work in her community and she was obviously quite proud of it. I asked her to take all of that $8.25 and contribute to that cause in my name. Case and pocketbook closed! This will never be an issue again. Ken Schulz