Light The World Initiative -- Day 12
Jesus Taught Others and So Can You



Today's suggestion was to teach someone else what your parents taught you.  I was lucky enough to have a couple of tries at this.

1)  I had lunch with two sisters who were my next-door-neighbors when I was a young girl.  During the course of the conversation, I told them how busy I've been the past three weeks.  For some reason my regular responsibilities -- as well as the extra things I have been asked to be in charge of -- have all converged during the same three week period.

As I gave a run-down of the different activities (mostly parties, food and music), they could tell that I loved doing these activities, and attributed it to the fact that my mom also loved getting involved in those sorts of things.  They asked about some of the theme parties I've used over the years, and asked if I'd be willing to compile a list for them (when I'm a little less busy, of course) of all the different ideas so they could use them sometime.  Pretty sure I learned that fun little skill from my mom!

2)  After school I picked up a couple of high school students to help them practice their song for the church Christmas party.  I love taking a song and finding a way to make it a little more entertaining for an audience.  Pretty sure that was also my mother's influence.

I was really grateful to be reminded today how much my mom taught me, and how much I enjoy passing on that knowledge to others.

Dixie