Message-ID: <26797738.1075851734074.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 01:25:00 -0800 (PST) From: fhlbnebraska@uswest.net To: corey-ponder@ouhsc.edu, helenswig@aol.com, jjjsmd@aol.com, jim.schwieger@enron.com, smithki@ms.com, mwoita@home.com, christopher.bruner@motorola.com, bruners@uswest.net, maurden@rconnect.com, dmcnemar@juno.com, lzzylou8@juno.com, gwlee@mymailstation.com, sjbruner@worldnet.att.net, misterpiccalo@hotmail.com, wpatti0205@aol.com, mark.woita@fhlbtopeka.com, gjforman@juno.com Subject: FW: Inspirational Kids Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: "Mark Woita" X-To: "Cory & Michelle Ponder \(E-mail\)" , "Helen Schwieger \(E-mail\)" , "Jeff & Donna Smith \(E-mail\)" , "Jim Schwieger \(E-mail\)" , "Kim Smith \(E-mail\)" , "Linda Woita \(E-mail\)" , "Chris Bruner \(E-mail\)" , "David & Kathleen Bruner \(E-mail\)" , "Denny & Maureen Boro \(E-mail\)" , "Don McNemar \(E-mail\)" , "Elizabeth Forman \(E-mail\)" , "Gladyce Woita-Lee \(E-mail\)" , "Jim & Sandy Bruner \(E-mail\)" , "Kyle Forman \(E-mail\)" , "Lyle & Patti Woita \(E-mail\)" , "Mark Woita \(E-mail\)" , "Marlyss Forman \(E-mail\)" X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \James_Schwieger_Nov2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: SCHWIEGER-J X-FileName: jschwie.nsf > > Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a > > contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was > > to > > find the most caring child. > > The winner was a four year old child whose next > > door neighbor was a= n elderly gentleman who had recently lost > > his wife. Upon > > seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old > > gentleman=01,s yard, > > clim= bed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his mother > > asked him what he > > had said to > > the neighbor, the little boy said, =01&Nothing, I just help= ed > > him cry.=018 > > _________________________ > > Teacher Debbie Moon=01,s first graders were > > discussing a picture of= a family. > > One little boy in the picture had a different > > color hair than the other family members. One child suggested > > that he was > > adopted and a > > little girl said, =01&I know all about adoptions because = I > > was adopted.=018 =01&What does it mean to be adopted?=018 asked another >= > child. =01&It > > means,=018 said the girl, =01&that you > > grew in your mommy=01= ,s heart instead of her > > tummy.=018 > > ________________________ > > A four year old was at the pediatrician for a > > check up. As the doctor looked down her ears with an otoscope, > > he asked, =01&Do> > > > y= ou think I=01,ll find Big Bird in here?=018 The little girl stayed > > silent.= Next, > > the doctor took a tongue > > depressor and looked down her throat. He asked, =01&Do you think > > I=01,ll find the Cookie Monster down there?=018= Again, the little > > girl was silent. > > Then the doctor put a stethoscope to he= r chest. As he > > listened to her heart beat, he asked, =01&Do you think I= =01,ll hear > > Barney in > > there?=018 =01&Oh, no!=018 the little girl replied. = =01&Jesus is in my > > heart. Barney=01,s > > on my underpants.=018 > > _____________________ > > As I was driving home from work one day, I > > stopped to watch a local Little League baseball game that was > > being played > > in a park near my home. > > As I sat down behind the bench on the first-base line, > > I aske= d one of the boys wha the score was. We=01,re behind 14 to > > nothing,=018 h= e > > answered with a smile. > > =01&Really,=018 I said. =01&I have to say you do= n=01,t look very > > discouraged.> > > > =01&Discouraged?=018 the boy asked with a puzzled > > look on his face.= =018Why should we be discouraged? We haven=01,t > > been up to bat > > yet.=018 > > ______________________ > > Whenever I=01,m disappointed with my spot in > > life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott. Jamie was > > trying out for a > > part in a school play. > > His mother told me that he=01,d set his heart on > > being= in it, though she feared he would not be chosen. On the > > day the parts > > were awarded, I went with her to collect him after school. > > Jamie rushed up > > to her, eyes shining with pride > > and excitement. =01&Guess what M= om,=018 he shouted, > > and then said those words that will remain a lesson to me: = > > =01&I=01,ve been chosen> > > > to clap and cheer.=018 > > ______________________ > > A lesson in =01&heart=018 is my little 10 year old daughter, Sarah, > >= who was born with a muscle missing in her foot and wears a > > brace all the time. > > She came home one beautiful spring day to tell me she > > had competed in =01&field day=018 > > That=01,s where they have lots of races a= nd other > > competitive events. > > Because of her leg support, my mind raced as I tried > > to think of encouragement for my Sarah, things I could say to > > her about not > > letting this get her down, but before I could get a word out, > > she said > > =01&Daddy, I won two of the races!=018 I couldn=01,t = believe it! And > > then Sarah said,> > > > =01&I > > had an advantage. =01&Ah. > >= I knew it. I thought she must have been given a head > > start...some kind of physical advantage. But again, before I > > could say > > anything, she said, > > =01&Daddy, I didn=01,t get a head start... My advantage was I > >= had to try harder!=018 > >> > _________________________ > > An Eye Witness Account from New York City, on > > a cold day in December: A little boy about 10 years old was > > standing > > before a sho= e store on the roadway, barefooted, peering > > through the > > window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the boy and > > said, =01&My > > lit= tle fellow, why are you looking so earnestly in that > > window?=018 =01&I was = > > asking God to give me a pair of shoes,=018 was the boy=01,s reply. > > The = lady took > > him by the hand and went into the store > > and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the > > boy. > > She then asked if he could give her a basin of water > > and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the > > little fellow to > > the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt > > down, washed his > > little feet, and dried them with a towel. By this time the > > clerk had > > returned with the socks. > > Placing a pair upon the boy=01,s feet, she purchased him a pair = > > of shoes. She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave > > them to him= . > > She patted him on the head and said, =01&No doubt, my little > > fellow= , you > > feel more comfortable now?=018 > > As she turned to go, the astonis= hed lad caught > > her by the hand, and looking up in her face, with tears in his > > eyes, > > answered the question with these words: > > =01&Are you G= od=01,s Wife?=018