Every year, at all of the 'major' holidays, I always have good intentions of blessing our neighbors in some unique way...and every year, the hustle of the holiday overtakes my desires! But this year, we accomplished our goal! Thanks, Jessica, for the idea of the Jellybean Poem!! (The girls later pointed out to me that the poem is actually included in the book "The Color Of Love"! Such memories the girls have!)
We sorted the jellybeans; we determined that each girl got to stuff 4 baggies and help tie them with ribbon. Ellie punched all the holes in the paper and I attached the notes . We then went to the 12 homes on our block and blessed them with an Easter greeting.
What we discovered was interesting....1) Amounts of jellybeans in a bag are not created equal (see photo of jellybeans in the bowls!).
2) The girls LOVED surprising the neighbors with a little treat!
3) The NEIGHBORS loved having a familiar face ring their bell and actually have a conversation with them!
4) That these little ways of blessing touched our lives just as much as the neighbors that received a sweet treat.
And as with most experiences that we all have, there is a "ps"....the day after we delivered the bags, I was running errands with Ava and we were leaving Wal Mart. Suddenly I heard someone say "hello....HELLO!" and I turned--it was the man on the very end of our street. He said to me "Say....thank you so much for the jellybeans and note...I really appreciate that...thank you!" We don't even know this man's name--he knows what our van looks like, he knows we have a little baby, and the girls refer to him as "the man who walks the dog that is afraid of children"!
No comments:
Post a Comment