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From: "linda rogers" <>
Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] When you thought I wasn't looking..
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:55:10 -0800

intertangled ,intertwined,I love my family ,each and every vine
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>
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> When you thought I wasn't looking
>
>
> A message every adult should read, because children are watching you and
> doing as you do, not as you say.
>
> When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on
the
> refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one.
>
> When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you feed a stray cat, and I
learned
> that it was good to be kind to animals.
>
> When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me
and
> I learned that the little things can be the special things in life.
>
> When you thought I wasn't looking I heard you say a prayer, and I knew
there
> is a God I could always talk to and I learned to trust in God.
>
> When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make a meal and take it to a
> friend who was sick, and I learned that we all have to help take care of
each
> other.
>
> When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you give of your time and money
to
> help people who had nothing and I learned that those who have something
> should give to those who don't.
>
> When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you take care of our house and
> everyone in it and I learned we have to take care of each other and
family.
>
> When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw how you handled your
> responsibilities, even when you didn't feel good and I learned that I
would
> have to be responsible when I grow up.
>
> When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes and I
> learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's all right to cry.
>
> When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted to
be
> everything that I could be.
>
> When you thought I wasn't looking, I learned most of life's lessons that
I
> need to know to be a good and productive person when I grow up.
>
> When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked at you and wanted to say,
> "Thanks, for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking."
>
> I AM SENDING THIS TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW WHO DO SO MUCH FOR OTHERS
THAT
> THINK NO ONE EVER SE! ES. LITTLE EYES SEE A LOT.
>
> Each of us (parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, teacher or friend)
influence
> the life of a child. How will you touch the life of someone today?
>
> Just by sending this to someone else, you will probably make them at
least
> think about their influence on others.
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