These were sent to me, they are very touching stories, and I wanted to share them with you all.<P>Hugs & Kisses,<BR>TCF<P>.The Most Caring Child <P>Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was <BR>asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring <BR>child. The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an <BR>elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, <BR>the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, <BR>and <BR>just sat there. When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, <BR>the <BR>little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry." <P>************ <BR>What It Means to Be Adopted <P>Teacher Debbie Moon's first graders were discussing a picture of a family. <BR>One little boy in the picture had a different color hair than <BR>the other family members. One child suggested that he was adopted and a <BR>little girl named Jocelyn Jay said, "I know all about adoptions because <BR>I was adopted." "What does it mean to be adopted?" asked another child. <BR>"It means," said Jocelyn, "that you grew in your mommy's heart instead of <BR>her tummy." <P>************ <BR>Discouraged <P>As I was driving home from work one day, I stopped to watch a local <BR>little League baseball game that was being played in a park near my <BR>home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first-baseline, I asked one <BR>of the boys what the score was. "We're behind 14 to nothing," he answered <BR>with <BR>a smile. "Really," I said. "I have to say you don't look very discouraged." <BR>"Discouraged?" the boy asked with a puzzled look on his face. "Why should <BR>we be <BR>discouraged? We haven't been up to bat yet." <P>************ <BR>Roles And How We Play Them <P>Whenever I'm disappointed with my spot in my life, I stop and think <BR>about little Jamie Scott. Jamie was trying out for a part in a school <BR>play. His mother told me that he'd set his heart on being in it, though <BR>she feared he would not be chosen. On the day the parts were awarded, I <BR>went with her to collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her, eyes <BR>shining with pride and excitement. "Guess what Mom," he shouted, and <BR>then said those words that will remain a lesson to me: <BR>"I've been chosen to clap and cheer." <P>************ <BR>A Lesson In Heart <P>A lesson in "heart" is my little, 10 year old daughter, Sarah, who <BR>was born with a muscle missing in her foot and wears a brace all the <BR>time. She came home one beautiful spring day to tell me she had competed in <BR>"field day"-that's where they have lots of races and other competitive <BR>events. <BR>Because of her leg support, my mind raced as I tried to think of <BR>encouragement <BR>for my Sarah, things I could say to her about not letting it get her <BR>down-but <BR>before I could get a word out, she said, "Daddy, I won two of the races! <BR>I couldn't believe it!" And then Sarah said, "I had an advantage." <BR>I knew it. I thought she must have been given a head start ...some kind of <BR>physical advantage. But again, before I could say anything, she said, <BR>"Daddy, I didn't get a head start. My advantage was I had to try harder!" <P>************************ <BR>A four year old was at the pediatrician for a check up. As the doctor <BR>looked in her ears and asked, "Do you think I'll find Big Bird in here? <BR>"The little girl stayed silent. Next, the doctor took a tongue depressor <BR>and <BR>looked down her throat. He asked, "Do you think I'll find the Cookie <BR>Monster <BR>down there?" Again, the little girl was silent. Then the doctor put a <BR>stethoscope <BR>to her chest. As he listened to her heart beat, he asked, "Do you think <BR>I'll hear <BR>Barney in there?" "Oh, no!" the little girl replied. "Jesus is in my <BR>heart. Barney's <BR>on my underpants." <P>************************ <BR>An Eye Witness Account from New York City, on a cold day in December... <P>(Hopefully, this is the kind of thing that happens frequently, <BR>everywhere...) <P>A little boy about 10 years old was standing before a shoe store on the <BR>roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold. A <BR>lady <BR>approached the boy and said, "My little fellow, why are you looking so <BR>earnestly <BR>in that window?" "I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes," was the <BR>boys <BR>reply. <P>The lady took him by the hand and went into the store, and asked the clerk <BR>to get <BR>half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give <BR>her a basin <BR>of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. <P>She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her <BR>gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet and dried them with a towel. By <BR>this time the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the <BR>boy's <BR>feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes, and tying up the remaining pairs <BR>of <BR>socks, gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said, "No doubt, my <BR>little <BR>fellow, you feel more comfortable now?" As she turned to go, the astonished <BR>lad caught her by the hand, and looking up in her face, with tears in his <BR>eyes, <BR>answered the question with these words: "Are you God's Wife?" <BR><P>------------------<BR>If you have a special occasion, or see someone here who could use a card... please e-mail me at card_fairie@hotmail.com. <BR>Hugs & Kisses,<BR>TCF