52 Lists project begins!

I love listS! As a kid I'd write out lists of TV shows, actors, candy, books, animals, songs, and on and on .... there was something satisfying about it.

So, you can imagine my surprise when I found the blog, Meet Me at Mikes, where she said

"I've wanted to do a 52 project since I realised that I was rubbish at the whole 365 project thing."

So she's going to post a list every week in 2013 and I've decided that I will follow along.

Here are my first 3 lists:

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Share your story in 6 words... ~Family History Tuesday

Tell the story of how you met your spouse.

"Airport. My friend recognized his friend."
     -Eve

"Was it an accident or karma?"
     -Mr. Eve

Tell your engagement story.

"Pearl Jam as he knelt down"
     -Eve
"Fear. We both got over it."
     -Mr. Eve

{found this idea on Ben Bridge Jewler pinterest or facebook}

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What are 10 Things you have to keep in your handbag/pockets? ~Family History Tuesday~

I came across a post on The Socialites Closet blog and thought that I might want to record the 10 things I always have with me in my bag.

1. wallet: essential cash and cards

2. keys: to open doors and such to where I belong

3. hand sanitizing gel: to keep the bugs off me

4. mobile phone charger: for those unexpected recharges

5. mobile phone: I never leave home without it

6. lip balm: my favorites are Dr. Pepper and Cherry Chapstick

7. flash drive: when I have to download/upload on the go

8. gum: a breath freshener and to tide me over 'til I can get a snack

9. notebook: contains my all-important moments and ideas

10. pen: to jot down those all-important moments and ideas

What 10 things do you have to have?

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Describe any special experiences you have had with each of your children or any children ~Family History Tuesday~

My husband and I have been asked to teach a group of 7-year-old children in our Church.  What an experience! I'm still learning how to be a loving, caring teacher.  Sometimes I struggle with that because I want to have order, structure, rules and I forget about the loving, caring and compassionate part of being a Teacher.

The kids always surprise me when they are so helpful, kind, open and loving to us, people they barely know.

There was this time when the kids just wanted to laugh, play and be funny during class. We were exhausted by the time we got home.  I just wanted to lie down in silence. Then a few days later we find a note taped to our front door:

Once after class, my husband and I were talking about a particular child being bossy and wanting things to be their way and not taking the feelings of the other kids into consideration.  We attributed this to the child being the oldest in their family of 3 younger siblings.  Then during that week we come home from work and find this:

And then, just this past Sunday, we got a new group of 7-year-old children.  As we asked each one of them questions to get to know them a little better, one of the girls jumped up and dug around in her purse and pulled out and presented me with this:

Then just as class was ending, the same little girl made my husband promise to stick around for awhile until she returned.  Several minutes later she happily presented my husband with a large, poster-sized paper.  It was rolled up and tied with string and she ran off as we had to shout our thanks after her.  We couldn't wait to unroll the treasure:

“Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them” 
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“The soul is healed by being with children.” 
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.” 
         -Carl Sandburg

 
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When did you receive a testimony of the Savior? ~Family History Tuesday~

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“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” -C.S. Lewis 

 

 

 

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