I’m Proud of My Son
Posted by jen | Posted in daniel fast, Family, Life | Posted on 21-01-2009
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Being the mother of three boys brings it’s own set of challenges, but it also brings wonderful joy. Today, I experienced a sense of pride. My 13 year old son Gabriel makes me a proud mama.
He has been volunteering each Wednesday with Carolyn Mejia our media director for several months. She has been teaching him to run and program the lights for the services. He is like a kid in a candy store and loves what he is doing.
Each Wednesday, Carolyn picks Gabriel up from school and brings him to the office. He stays until Flipside youth each week and eats pizza at the meeting. This afternoon I received a call from Gabriel telling me that he didn’t have anything to eat for dinner and could I bring him something to eat.My heart leaped as I heard the words come out of his mouth.
He has been following the Daniel Fast with us. I had already planned to bring him dinner, but hadn’t stopped to call him and let him know.I am so proud of him and his heart. He and his brothers have had a wonderful attitude about the fast. They aren’t technically counting down the days, but the chapters left in John. Each chapter represents which day of the fast we are on.
And I haven’t done anything good yet during the Daniel Fast?
Noah, Of course you have. There are a few days left for me to write about you. Love you.
I, too, am proud of the boys…it is not easy for growing boys to do a fast like this. The other day when they came to our house they came in saying we’re hungry! So, I made popcorn on the stove–the “old fashioned way”! The first batch was gone in moments. Second batch…third batch…fourth…and I stopped on the fifth batch! A little while later we were making peanut butter sandwiches and fruit juice. Then, Noah came in to the kitchen and pulled out “the drawer” (the drawer where we always keep snacks for the grandkids). He said, “Don’t worry, Nana, I’m not going to eat anything…just look at it!!!”
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You should be proud of your boy. I would.