Give, love, and serve. These are golden and I want my kids to value that. A parent has to live by example. It is easy to tell them what the should do, but to actually live it out leaves an impact. Today we blessed two ladies, one a neighbor who just had surgery on her knee. The Scott family has 6 children and in the last year the husband has been diagnosed with a rare cancer. We have taken meals to them on other occasions. Today we brought their family a meal. The kids went with me and from there we blessed Ila. She is a family friend that we have gone to church with over the years when we attended Stratford. She has been so kind and sweet, loving on my children. We always took her fresh picked asparagus and she was beyond excited and treated it like gold. She got the kids little trinkets or money on their birthdays and always sent nice cards. She writes lengthy thank you notes for everything. I have been good to send her photos of the kids and cards now and then. I get a thank you card each time. She has been in a nursing home for about a year and today we decided to make a special visit. Her birthday is in a couple days and we had cards and a gift for her. I found a pretty blouse in the store and it made me think of Ila and I bought it. She was so happy for our visit. She loved seeing the kids, loved the cards and she was so excited about her new blouse, she had to try it on right away. I had no idea the size and just guessed hoping it would work. It was perfect and she looked lovely. She told me it has been years since she has had any new clothes. She has a lot of trouble with her eyes and struggles to read and write. Later we sent her a magnifying square to help her see. She is a sweet lady and had many hugs for us and appreciated out visit. The kids all walked out of her home smiling and so glad they went. I hope they will value blessing others.
Give, love, and serve. These are golden and I want my kids to value that. A parent has to live by example. It is easy to tell them what the should do, but to actually live it out leaves an impact. Today we blessed two ladies, one a neighbor who just had surgery on her knee. The Scott family has 6 children and in the last year the husband has been diagnosed with a rare cancer. We have taken meals to them on other occasions. Today we brought their family a meal. The kids went with me and from there we blessed Ila. She is a family friend that we have gone to church with over the years when we attended Stratford. She has been so kind and sweet, loving on my children. We always took her fresh picked asparagus and she was beyond excited and treated it like gold. She got the kids little trinkets or money on their birthdays and always sent nice cards. She writes lengthy thank you notes for everything. I have been good to send her photos of the kids and cards now and then. I get a thank you card each time. She has been in a nursing home for about a year and today we decided to make a special visit. Her birthday is in a couple days and we had cards and a gift for her. I found a pretty blouse in the store and it made me think of Ila and I bought it. She was so happy for our visit. She loved seeing the kids, loved the cards and she was so excited about her new blouse, she had to try it on right away. I had no idea the size and just guessed hoping it would work. It was perfect and she looked lovely. She told me it has been years since she has had any new clothes. She has a lot of trouble with her eyes and struggles to read and write. Later we sent her a magnifying square to help her see. She is a sweet lady and had many hugs for us and appreciated out visit. The kids all walked out of her home smiling and so glad they went. I hope they will value blessing others.
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