----- Original Message ----- From: <Reneelwaring@aol.com> To: <ENG-HEREFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 5:29 AM Subject: [HEF] A Thanksgiving Story I have to share > HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE! > I wanted to share this story with everyone, expecially today. > > AUSTIN'S QUARTER > > Yesterday morning, short of cash, I asked the kids (ages 8, 7, and 7) to look > around the house for some change so their Mother could eat lunch at work. A > little change started trickling in, and Austin came forward with a quarter in > his hand. He said, "Mommy, this is all I have" and I said thank you and > placed the quarter in my pocket without even thinking or looking at it. > > When I got to work I stopped at the coffee machine and took my change from my > pocket. It was then that I noticed in the curve of my palm Austin's quarter > and my heart filled with emotion. My little boy had given me the quarter > that he had been saving for a very long time. It was a special quarter, very > special to him. You see, it was an Indiana quarter. Austin has no Father to > speak of, and the Indiana quarter was a reminder of home since he was born > there and we now live in Pennsylvania. For the rest of the day my heart > soared. YES, I had taught my son to love another so much to give his very > last, most important quarter so they could eat. WOW! You know, sometimes > you don't know if the teaching methods you are using to raise your children > are working, and very rarely do you see evidence that it is. I did not spend > Austin's quarter, instead, I took it back to him. As he sat in his desk > chair at home I got down on my knees and told him how proud I was that he had > shared that quarter with me but I could not bring myself to spend it. I > handed it back to him with as much love as I could give him in the moment. > > I wanted to share this story with you. All around the world this morning > people are preparing their turkeys, they will be welcoming loved ones and > friends and remembering those we have lost in the past year. Tables will be > set and finally, thanks given for our health, safety, prosperity, and the > opportunity to join with our loved ones on this very special of days. Food > will be eaten, dishes done, and people will be groaning in their chairs. > Finally, guests will trickle out the door with a "lovely dinner dear, thank > you" as a last farewell. Me? I'll be doing the same as everyone else with > one exception. I will still be thinking of my son and that Indiana quarter. > > Renee Waring > > > > ==== ENG-HEREFORD Mailing List ==== > . > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >