Well greetings and welcome to the driving line, the audio-only traveling version

of the dividing line. I'm currently somewhere near the border of Missouri and

Arkansas. I'm speaking this evening in Jonesboro and I was supposed to be there

in about an hour and 45 minutes or so. I mean I'll arrive in that area. I'm not

speaking in an hour and 45 minutes. Anyway, oh it says Branson next right. Hmm I don't

think I'm actually right next to Branson but anyway I'm out in the in the boonies.

It's a very cloudy gray day as I'm driving along here. So before I forget

a couple things I need to get to, the first a real positive little thing.

This past weekend as I was speaking there in St. Charles where I was spoken for 22

years. I was when I would go over to the left hand side of the stage on Saturday.

There was a family there and the youngest seemed to be a little blonde headed girl just

as cute as a button and I found out her name was Zoe and so I tried to get Zoe to talk to me

and she was doing the I'm too shy to talk to the scary Scottish man but she'd sort of try to hide

and give you know that smile that you get. So I explained to her that her name is Zoe from Greek

and it means life and stuff like that but what I what had drawn my attention to her and there were

lots of great people there this this weekend and young families and it was it was wonderful but

drew my attention was every time I go over there and I'd look down there she's looking right at me

she is paying attention you know sometimes kids are there and you can tell they'd rather be doing

something else but but Zoe was listening and so I tried so I made reference to her a few times

and she'd get that that little embarrassed grin on her face and and it was you know I'm a

grandpa it was fun and I found out she's just a little bit younger probably about six months younger

than my prime time and so Saturday night after the last session most the rest of family came over

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