Share from your week:
Kari – I felt a lot of joy this past week when I had a little patient who was 4 years old. First off she says – I love coming to the dentist. You always love to hear that. We kept visiting throughout her appointment. And then she looked at me and says – Will you give me a tour of the office? I said – Well, okay. So she got down from her chair and she grabbed my hand and held my hand as I gave her a tour. We have kind of a little loop; we just walked around and I was telling her things about the rooms. She was asking me questions. She was just adorable and it totally made my day. She was such a good little girl.
Pastor Brett – Beautiful, beautiful, thanks Kari.
Bonnie – This week I took 105 treat bags, regular & sugar free, for caregivers and for residents of Maryville and Cherry Blossom Assisted Living Center. I couldn’t see the smiles on the faces of the activity directors that got them from me, but the words that they said and the appreciation that they showed made me believe that what we did for this Random Act of Kindness was a great thing and the people are going to appreciate it.
Pastor Brett – Amazing, that’s awesome! Thank you Bonnie for sharing that. We share in your joy.
Sally – Dave and I went cross country skiing outside our front door yesterday for about 2 hours. We went all around, probably 4 miles. I think number one - just being able to do that was amazing & felt so joyful. But, what we loved the most was – everywhere there were children sledding on saucers, on tubes with parents. It just felt like normal life! Like the kids were out, I think we saw 50-60 kids. Hills and neighborhoods where parents were guarding the streets below it, and saying – Okay, you can go now! We said – Where are the hor d'oeuvres for us? Can we join your party? It was just really fun to see families and kids just enjoying life together! It was awesome.
Pastor Brett – Amen. Thank you Sally. I also had that same sense here because normally a snow day is a break from the norm, and kids are home from school and stuff. With this past year, everyone’s been home from school anyway. So, it’s a break back into the norm. You know, I had that same exact sort of thing seeing kids in my neighborhood; Ky sledding and all that stuff. So much fun. Amen.
Martha – I’m going to give the old people perspective of the snow here. We didn’t see any cross country skiers. We did see a few walker marks out there on the snow around the neighborhood. Actually we haven’t seen any…Even though snow is an inconvenience to many people I know, there’s just something about it when it starts to snow. And then my sisters started texting. So, we had Sarah and even my son joined the text. We had his cousins joining the text; we had my sisters about the ice rink. One sister lives in Florida, so there having thunderstorms and a lot of rain because it’s hurricane season there. So, the snow brought all this communication; it brought it for about 3 hours. We’re all texting each other all through the whole weekend. It was just wonderful. So, I thank God for that, because it just brought not an inconvenience, it brought more love into our home.
Pastor Brett – Love that. Thanks Martha, Amen and Amen.