Loving Kindness Continues......

This past week has been so much fun and what a blessing for us as well. I have to say that watching my child through this has been such a blessing to myself. We as mothers all tell our children that we should do and give to others when we can, but how often do we really put that into practice? How often do we really go out of our way to do something nice for a total stranger just for the sake of doing something nice? And how often do we do something for someone else with out expectation? Are we really aware of what we are teaching our children simply by leading by example?

So anyway, we were very excited to see what lay ahead for our second week of RAK'ing. On Sunday (day 5) we had plans to go to the pool. Last weekend they had had a community day at the waterpark and Kim was to sick so we were unable to go. She was very disappointed about missing it so I had promised her that we would go to the other pool this weekend and she could take a friend with her. So off we went. After church we stopped and picked up her friend and we headed to Mullan. We decided that since we were going there ourselves we would go ahead and pay for everyone else who was there to get in. We had planned on spending $16 at the waterpark the weekend before so why not spend that same amount at the pool that only costs 50cents to get into. Kim and her friend had a great time. The pool was really pretty empty, I suppose everyone stayed home to watch the Super Bowl instead of going swimming. But we left them with some credit that can be used for those who may want to go swimming later in the week.

Day 6 seemed to get away from us for some reason so we did 2 things on Day 7. First we got a box of Valentine candies that we decided to give to someone. I suggested a few places for us to find that special person to give the special treat too but Kim decided that she wanted to give them to who ever was working at the gas station. Then for our Day 7 RAK we decided to make dinner for someone in our neighborhood. Kim chose her favorite dish "Mom's Famous Enchiladas" (that's what she calls them. We made a small pan and included a box of chocolates and headed out. We had decided on a couple of people to try to take dinner to, depending upon who was home to receive it. We didn't want to just leave a yummy smelling pan of enchiladas on the step for the neighborhood cats and dogs to enjoy before they got home. The recipient was a sweet lady who lives down the street. She's a wonderful woman who volunteers at Kim's school and is always such a joy to just sit and chat with. We hope she enjoys them.