Yesterday
I was busy teaching Will how to scoop our driveway. He wanted me to stay out there for a while in
order to help him learn how to do the job correctly. I was happy to see him want to do the job to
the best of his abilities. I came inside
later only to notice that Abby was gone so I asked Anne where she might
be.
“Abby
is outside scooping!” I said that I
didn’t see her, so I went outside and spotted her down the road scooping out
our neighbor’s driveway. I was a little
concerned for Will at the time; he wanted to scoop driveways in the
neighborhood to raise money for himself.
So my first reaction was one of concern since Abby might be perceived by
Will as taking away his potential business.
Talking
to Anne about my concerns, she told me that Abby wanted to help our neighbors out
for free. Anne said that Abby told one
elderly neighbor when asked what she wanted for shoveling his driveway, Abby
responded by saying, “That’s ok, my daddy has been doing this in the past
winters, helping others out with their driveways and I just wanted to do the
same." Needless to say, I was humbled and
very proud of our little 9-year-old girl.
And so,
her daddy went out and helped his little girl finish the
driveways.
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