Sunday, April 26, 2009

It's a Bird...It's a plane...Noooo, It's Super Underpants!!

She is our hero. We admire her every action. She makes us sigh in awe. Who is this wonderful woman??? Faith, my fantasmic sister. She has saved the day!

Picture this...Mom, Dad, and daughter Faith quietly and peacefully enjoying a day at the lake, fishing. Dad reels his line in preparing to cast out again, but something is wrong. They all stop. Look at one another in question and look into the lake. Wondering what could be down there that is preventing his line to be reeled back in. They start to worry...there is no help around...they are on the other side of the lake. What are they to do??? Faith takes a breath...looks around and she realizes that the line has gotten tangled in the motor. As she speaks out telling her parents what has happened, they suck in their breath not knowing what will happen next. Dad says that he will go in and untangle it. Faith raises her voice just a notch forbidding him to enter the water. She will go in, she will brave the unknown, she will sacrifice herself. But as these words leave her mouth she realizes that she has only one pair of jeans..no more. She will have to take those off and succumb to the embarrasment of being in her undies. She is strong...she proceeds forth into the water. Mom admires her strength but just can not stop laughing at her 28 yr old daughter who is in the freezing ice cold water in nothing but her t-shirt and undies. She snips and cuts and pulls and stretches. She gets it out. She has untangled it. She now has to get back in the boat. She realizes that there is no way of doing this with ladylike grace. She pulls and flips into the boat. Shivering she helps start the motor. Mom is gasping for air as she is laughing and wishing that the cell phone wouldn't have died, making it impossible to get a picture that would have made it to the eyes of many, many people. Of course when they get back to shore, no one completely believes the story that has just happened. Faith looks back and remembers the journey she has just made. Of course now she is our super hero. Our very own Super Underpants!!!

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