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Hey Lisa! Remember when we were roomies at the Philly Conference and got stuck in the rinse cycle. HA!

All my lisa stories are amazing because she's amazing.

1. Lisa coming out of the ORU 24/7 Prayer Tower and telling me she rang the bell to the Prayer room several times--no one was home.

Guess the only thing going on 24/7 was the building holding itself up.

2. Dear lord...meeting Lisa the first time. Ha! Thought I might have gotten in the wrong car.

Several years ago I was interviewing Lisa over the phone for a radio show (just as "The Church Ladies" was being released.) Come to find out, Lisa was actually hiding out in a closet so she could get some privacy from her children for the interview. In the middle of the interview, one of the kids burst into the closet and loudly asked her for something. I thought it was hilarious! Since the interview was being taped for later airing, I could have edited it out, but I didn't. I thought it was funny, real and true to life, just like Lisa and her writing. I loved it!

I knew I had found something special in Lisa Samson when I read "The Church Ladies." I've read every adult fiction book she's written since.

Do you remember, Cindy, we talked about poor Ty's training bra?!!

And Joyce, we thought it might be an earthquake? Too funny!

Um, *I* remember the whole "feminine undergarments" discussion! Although, I think that might be where I learned not to get embarrassed...

can i share the "close the door" story?

Totally, Jarrod!

Can't I just make something up?

Oh definitely, Rhonda. That would be even better!

OK! Man this is gonna be fuu-uuuhhh--uuunnn!!!!!

Remember when we bought that elephant, but when you got it home you discovered it was a used elephant? And you tried to take it back, but the elephant seller guy was like "Hey lady, no refunds on any wild animals." and you said, "But it's a birthday gift for my husband!" and I said, "yeah! It's brithday gift. You can't give someone a used elephant for a birthday gift." and so the elephant seller guy let you exhange it for 16 new Ring Tail Leemurs. Yeah, that was a great day. How did your husband like them, by the way?

Anyone care to explain why one would buy an elephant for one's husband for his birthday?

Oh, right. This is LISA we're talking about! Got it.

Poor Ty. You've obviously become a strong woman as a result of living with Lisa.

I think you might be a mess too!

Everything I know about Lisa I have heard second hand from Elysa Mac. I am not sure how reliable those stories would be and I am sure Elysa can tell them waaaaay better than me. I could be like Rhonda and make something up but I don;t want to take Rhonda's "thing" away from her. So I will just go away quietly.

He hated the leemurs, Rhonda! I had to take those back too and I exchanged them for five pounds of rib eye steaks, although the guy wouldn't tell me what animal they came from. What a mess.

Love you guys!

My sister is not a reader. She is so much not a reader that it's hard to believe we're related (I've read over 120 books this year alone.) About six months ago, she IM'd me and said, "Hey, I'm reading this fabulous book called Embrace Me - do you know who Lisa Samson is?"

I had to laugh, and IM'd back that you're one of my faves, and I have almost all of your books on my shelves.

The cool thing is that she loved your book so much, it got her hooked on reading, and she now always has a book in progress, and is even branching out to new authors and new genres.

Every time I'm up late procrastinating on Facebook, I have someone to talk to ;) Her real name is Queen of Obscure Song Lyrics, but she uses LISA because it's an acronym.

You are all free to guess what it stands for.

Oh Carrie, too cool! Tell her hi!

Susan, right now I'm riding in a wonderland of snow. Giddy-up!

We went to college together and there was a huge snowstorm one year. Shut the campus down for days. Snowball fights and sledding galore. There was Lisa in her cute little scarf and hat and Toby Mac comes careening around a corner and sends Lisa head over heels, literally. She landed in a snow covered bush - bottoms up!

Well, since we're making stuff up and all...

Ha!! I remember the snowstorm. And I remember Toby, although I didn't really know him. And I thought you were totally serious until that last line!! I figured my memory is as shot as my stomach muscles.

Thanks for the laugh!

When I learned it was okay to wear a sundress exposing a cross tattoo...I thought "Who is this daring Sister? I've got to get to know her!"
You helped me relax at New Covenant and show me what "godly" really looks like. Although we didn't get to spend much time together, you made a huge impact on me!

Here's a combo 3 for one deal: Lisa, her agent Chip and Joyce Magnin's very close friend Pam Halter all for one low price.
Philly Conference 2008: Chip finishes his karoake delivery of Twist and Shout, bent over at the waist, all while twisting and shouting as Lisa thumbs through the karaoke catalog searching for her own tune. She settles for Piano Man but Chip cannot settle at all. Scanning the guests seated at the table he selects Pam and escorts her to the entry hall for a little ballroom dancing. They twirl and dip as a sixtyish woman with a deep smoker voice serenades them with Sinatra. Pam ends with a flourish, something like a limbo stance but Chip's holding her steady and she's not wearing a grass skirt. The moment has arrived, the lady with raspy vocals is through. Can Lisa pull it off? Is she really Charmaine that keeps reappearing in her books?
Then another singer is brought up and one more and a continual string of others until finally Lisa announces her departure. It's late and she's the featured speaker for the following morning.
The next day conference attendees gather in the auditorium to hear Lisa who speaks much softer than she writes and much to everyone's surprise she ditches her speach on Kwaziland and belts out Piano Man instead!

Okay, the a.m. solo act was just the prize in the bottom of the happy meal bag. The rest was true.

Leah C. Morgan
Sharpsburg, MD

Pam! Thank you so much! I've added more tattoos since I'm loathe to report. ha!

Karaoke night in Philly, Leah. I was secretly glad he'd set my little slip aside!

remember when i was cleaning at your parents condo and we were discussing the pitfalls of tissues with aloe and trying to clean the "slime" with a slimey tissue? the hoot was when your dad heard every word we said because of the baby monitor! i think of that, and laugh, every time i use a tissue!