Before and after ...

This has nothing to do with farming.

We went on a family outing to a nearby indoor water park this weekend.

By the end of the day my purse contained:

Car keys
Cell phone
Two bill folds, one mine
Three pairs of glasses, none mine
A slinky
A whoopie cushion
Six plastic jumping frogs
Various wristbands
Crayons
A flyer about the water park

This in addition to the usual:
Car keys
Cell phone
One billfold
A first aid kit with bandaids, salve, Ibuprofen for adults and children
Crayons
Scrap paper
Six ink pens, none that work very well
Lip gloss
Library card

As the kids entrusted me with all their swag, I started to think about hiring a pack animal. But also, the Bible does tell us to bear one another's burdens. I guess that does include your 10-year-old's new Whoopie cushion.