Spending Thanksgiving Day with the children at The Sanctuary
Babies Home – now called Sanctuary Children’s Home – was a joy. I love the warm
welcome these kids offer and I love getting to know the little ones who are now
becoming big.
The children were never so quiet as when I arrived this day.
Why? They were eating. My goodness, you could have heard a pin drop. The
children were sprawled around the room, mostly sitting on the floor, as they
enjoyed their rice and bean lunchtime. But once they were finished they knew
what was in store.
After a three-sentence lesson about giving thanks – with emphasis
on giving thanks BEFORE we receive what we ask for – the kids dug into shading
their picture. I watched as the various children exhibited differing levels of
skill but each making progress as they learn. Most pointedly, LoHire was
coloring perfectly inside the lines. All the adults remarked at the shift in
this tiny tot from barely making a scribble to full out shading inside the
lines.
But where was this masterpiece when we finished? I wanted to
show you before and after proof. Instead LoHire decided she wanted to keep her
art and hid it away somewhere that even Michael couldn’t find. Ooo…that girl is
smart as a whip!