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Do You Hear What I Hear?

Photo Courtesy Said the night wind to the little lamb, "Do you hear what I hear?" No, this is not a Christmas post but this song popped in my head as I wrote the words.  The phrase above, however, is applicable to today's post, though.  Have you had one of those conversations where the other person clearly wasn't listening to what you said? She said she did, but somewhere in the words she missed the meaning in your heart? Yeah. Me too.  A husband and wife were having a wonderful day…until… Wife: Did you have a chance to put gas in the car on your way home? Hubby: Uh huh He doesn't look up from his newspaper/news/ipad/etc . Wife: Okay, Thanks because I have an appointment tomorrow morning. She takes one step away then stops . Are you sure you put gas in the car? Hubby: Yes He continues looking at his newspaper/news/ipad/etc . Wife: Okay. Thanks. Next morning. Can you guess what happened? Right. The gas tank was on empty when she turned the ign...