We had parent teacher conferences with Emma and Abri's teachers three weeks ago with the end of the first six weeks. Emma has two teachers, one for Math and Science, and one for Language Arts and Social Studies. We met with each of them, and each started with the same thing, "Well, let me tell you all the things Emma has done wrong" but obviously in jest. Both had only compliments to give of her, but her Language Arts teacher's comments particularly touched me. She said something along these lines: "Emma is the most perfect, moral student. She is the best example for all the other kids and she works so hard. I'm so glad to have her." It wasn't just the words, but the tone and deep level of sincerity. It brought tears to my eyes, I've never almost cried at a teacher conference.
Then, this past Sunday, one of my friends at church who is neighbors with Emma's third grade teacher shared part of a conversation she had had with Emma's past teacher about Emma. Kelly, the teacher, said that she's had two perfect students in her teaching experience, two girls who never behaved badly and always did amazingly.
Such high praise, and I certainly think it's deserved. She's amazing. I don't even feel I can take credit for her, she is just that level of pure goodness. Love that girl.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Answered Prayers
I love when my kids have their own experiences with prayer. Here are a few that have happened lately.
Abrianna:
We had a big storm that came in pretty suddenly a few weeks ago, right around bedtime. It really scared the kids with winds around 45 miles an hr and heavy rains. I tried to reassure them that it'd be okay but they weren't reassured. Then I realized: I had a story they could relate to. I said, "You know, God has power over the weather. In the story of Jonah, God brought the storm to the ship that made them send Jonah into the sea. He can control it, it's ok."
Abri "So, we can pray to ask him to make the storm go away?"
Me: "Yep"
Abri "I'm going to say a prayer that he'll make the storm go away."
Not more than two minutes later the storm calmed.
A couple of weeks ago, Abri and I were talking about her experiences at school. She said she had no friends to play with at recess. I asked her about a few of the kids that she had mentioned before and asked what they were doing at recess. She said they were playing with other kids. I suggested maybe she should ask Heavenly Father to help her have friends at recess the next day. She nodded. The next day at dinner I asked her how recess was. She said, I had a lot of friends to play with. I said, that's great, see, Heavenly Father answered your prayer. She nodded.
It's so nice to know that even when we aren't there to help our kids, Heavenly Father is.
Emma: Her Grandmother was driving her to the church building for Activity Days the other night, but she hasn't been to our building very much. Emma told me that she was worried that they wouldn't get to the church because Grandma kept making turns that weren't the normal route. She said a prayer and in a few minutes they got to the church.
Abrianna:
We had a big storm that came in pretty suddenly a few weeks ago, right around bedtime. It really scared the kids with winds around 45 miles an hr and heavy rains. I tried to reassure them that it'd be okay but they weren't reassured. Then I realized: I had a story they could relate to. I said, "You know, God has power over the weather. In the story of Jonah, God brought the storm to the ship that made them send Jonah into the sea. He can control it, it's ok."
Abri "So, we can pray to ask him to make the storm go away?"
Me: "Yep"
Abri "I'm going to say a prayer that he'll make the storm go away."
Not more than two minutes later the storm calmed.
A couple of weeks ago, Abri and I were talking about her experiences at school. She said she had no friends to play with at recess. I asked her about a few of the kids that she had mentioned before and asked what they were doing at recess. She said they were playing with other kids. I suggested maybe she should ask Heavenly Father to help her have friends at recess the next day. She nodded. The next day at dinner I asked her how recess was. She said, I had a lot of friends to play with. I said, that's great, see, Heavenly Father answered your prayer. She nodded.
It's so nice to know that even when we aren't there to help our kids, Heavenly Father is.
Emma: Her Grandmother was driving her to the church building for Activity Days the other night, but she hasn't been to our building very much. Emma told me that she was worried that they wouldn't get to the church because Grandma kept making turns that weren't the normal route. She said a prayer and in a few minutes they got to the church.
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