30 Days of Gratitude – Day 29:
Express gratitude to a child who works hard or is consistently respectful.

When I was about four years old, I sang my first solo in church: “Little Baby in a Manger.” More than fifty years later, I still remember one of the ladies in our church coming up to me after the Christmas program and saying, “Thank you for  letting us hear your pretty voice tonight.” The reason I remembered it even after all these years was because she didn’t simply tell me that she thought I had a pretty voice; she thanked me. And it encouraged me to keep singing—not just for my own benefit but also as a way to impact others. (Though I’m not sure I could honestly say that her words were directly related to my decision, I was later a music major in college—with a concentration in voice.) A simple gift of gratitude to a child is, indeed, “the gift that keeps on giving!”

Take time to send a card to a child who works hard or is consistently respectful.