{"id":3339,"date":"2007-09-09T21:13:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-09T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/our-dinner-conversation-tonigh.html"},"modified":"2007-09-09T21:13:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-09T21:13:00","slug":"our-dinner-conversation-tonigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/our-dinner-conversation-tonigh.html","title":{"rendered":"Our Dinner Conversation Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samantha was angry because I denied her dessert so I said to her, &#8220;When I die you&#8217;ll regret being mean to me.  You&#8217;ll say &#8216;I should have been nicer to my mom!&#8217; And I&#8217;ll look down from heaven and say, &#8220;Yes, you should have.&#8221;<br \/>\nSarah: &#8220;Hey!  There&#8217;s no bitterness in heaven.&#8221;<br \/>\nMe: &#8220;OK, at my deathbed you&#8217;ll say to me &#8216;I should have been nicer to you.&#8217; And I&#8217;ll reply, &#8216;Yes, you should have been&#8217; and then I&#8217;ll die.<br \/>\nThat got us thinking about our last words before we die.<br \/>\nDoug: &#8220;I told you that I was sick.&#8221;<br \/>\nMe: &#8220;No, your last words will be, &#8216;I knew I shouldn&#8217;t have that second pork chop.'&#8221;<br \/>\nSamantha: &#8220;I&#8217;m going to say, &#8216;Where&#8217;s the remote?'&#8221;<br \/>\nSarah: &#8220;My last words will be, &#8216;What?'&#8221; (She says this all the time.)<br \/>\nI know, kind of morbid, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samantha was angry because I denied her dessert so I said to her, &#8220;When I die you&#8217;ll regret being mean to me. 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