Princess Kendra

The other night I raised my voice to my five year old daughter for something that wasn’t her fault. Whenever I do something like this I feel bad. As she was getting her snack, I told her that it wasn’t her fault and I didn’t mean to yell.


As I’m tucking her into bed she wants me to read her a story (which is a ploy by her to stay up just a little longer). I told her ‘no’. Being the persistent person she is she asks me to make up a story for her. The following is basically what I told her.

There once was a beautiful princess named Kendra (she smiled when I said this). Kendra was a very kind and gentle princess and everyone liked her. Kendra lived with her grumpy old daddy. He always seemed like he was a grouch. One day, daddy told Kendra, “Kendra, I don’t mean to be such a grouch all the time. There is one thing that makes me not grouchy.”

Princess Kendra says, “What is that?”

Grumpy daddy says, “Your smiling face and sparkly eyes.”

The End

Kendra smiled, gave me a hug and I tucked her into bed.

Butch

I was watching ESPN last night and they did a story about Butch.  Butch is a man in his 60's with cerebal palsy.  One of Laura Baker's main philosophies is to encourage clients to have hopes and dreams while supporting them to make them come true.  Click on the link below to watch the story.  Sometimes we ask ourselves, why do I do my job?  Why am I here?  When you watch this video, you will not question why you do your job or why you work at LBSA.  You will see a man who lives his hopes and dreams.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5757413