A funny memory...

I was just remembering a time a few years ago when Evan was little and I was teaching him to say thank you for each gift after he received it NO MATTER WHAT! I had learned this the hard way with Clayton. Being a new mom it never occurred to me that I would need to train him to respond with thankfulness to each of his gifts. Imagine my horror one year when after one gift he yelled "I DON'T LIKE THIS!" and after seeing a gift Evan had received he yelled "HE ALREADY HAS THAT!" Needless to say that was taken care of by the time his birthday arrived! So back to my story....Evan is little and we are "practicing" responding to our gifts. It goes something like this:

ME: "No matter what gifts you get, what do you say?"
Evan: "Thank you"
ME: "What if you don't like it? What do you say?"
Evan: "Thank you"
ME: "What if you already have it? What do you say?"
Evan: "Thank you"
ME: "What if it is pink barbie undewear? What do you say?"
Evan: Sits for a long time and you can see him processing this. After awhile he responds with a smile "No thank you!"

I still laugh when I think about that!

I share that with you to also tell you that I am reading a fantastic book called Choosing Gratitude by Nancy Leigh DeMoss. Even we need to "train" ourselves to respond in gratitude to God for each and ever gift NO MATTER WHAT! I highly recommend it!