Mel:
Today I helped move residents rooms. We are having the roof re-done at work and housekeeping is having to move rooms like crazy. This afternoon I volunteered to help out. We moved dressers, TV's, Beds, and cleaned out the closets and bathrooms. Was cool to be able to help out a bit.
Some funny things at work lately.. We have a resident who recently turned 100. Since turning 100 she has become quite sassy and this is accompanying serious Alzheimer's. So, this makes the days quite fun. She has told me within the last week that I need to be on some serious medication because something is clearly wrong with me. She told me today that if I put her name on the document(not sure which one) she was going to sue me for every last penny and she is to be taken for her word! A few days ago she told me that if she caught someone thieving on her farm that she would get a shotgun and shoot every last one of them and she has every right to shoot whoever she wants to...if I thought about thieving well, she would have to take me out too.
Oh man..I just love my residents..love love love.
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Cole-CJ-Kendall
365 days..2 adults..3 kids, with Kindness on the mind...
So..Here's the Deal
One day a few years back..I went to a coffee shop and went through the drive through. When I went to pay for my drink, the woman who worked there told me that the man before me left money and wanted to pay for the next person's drink. Seems like a simple thing but it was huge for me. I was blown away by the simple kindness of a stranger..I then gave her money and asked her to pay for the next drink on me. She laughed and it all never left me. There was something about the act..that it was small in a way, but hugely thoughtful and it was caused by action. More than just feeling something for someone or about something. $3.67 ended up being worth so much more. Nate and I were praying on New Years Eve as we went to bed and he asked me what I wanted to do this year. All I could say was..help people. He asked me, how? I wasn't sure yet. So..when the idea popped into the brain, I ran it by Nate and he was IN. Nate took it before the council of children to get their opinions and see if this was something they wanted to be a part of and could be committed too. The kids thought about it and decided, they were IN! So we have a team..a team of 5. We have decided to take on 365 days of kindness. Each of us will take a day in a rotation. We expect it to be fun, hard, challenging, exciting, all things really. Starting each day asking God to help us out and give us ideas, give us people. Maybe somedays it will be a big deal. Most days, probably little deals. I don't know, really. I know that I want our family to change mostly. To be a family that thinks beyond ourselves. To consider others and their needs everyday. To ask God and do all good deeds because we love Him first and consider Him first. This could be a very cool year. So, we are going to keep our stories on here..mostly so we can remember them for ourselves. If God uses any of them to speak to you, that would be cool too.
Nate & Mel
The Teammates
Cole-CJ-Kendall
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