I was so impressed with the missionary family we met in Zambia for- well, alot of reasons. One that has stood out to me though was how well they spoke to one another. It seems like a little thing but after we got home and reintegrated into our reality I realized how a "little thing" like being polite, courteous and respectful to each other- specificially in our own home- is not such a little thing at all! In fact, after some disheartening observations of our speech we felt like this was a huge problem that we needed to address. We thus began a "sweet speech" jar. Anytime we caught one another being encouraging, using manners, saying "ok" instead of arguing etc... they could put in one coin into our jar. The goal was to fill to the line and then have a Sundae Supper- I mean, what's sweeter than ice cream for DINNER??!! =) So what began in April we finally made it to our Sundae line this past weekend. We all got to choose an ice cream flavor or sundae add-in or topping. It was a long time coming (believe me- the added calories were NOT on the agenda for Thanksgiving weekend!)but there has been a noticeable change in the temperature of our tone in our home which, to me, is the sweetest of all.
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WOW -- how neat to reach such a worthy goal...fun to hear the end of that conversation we had last summer
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