Patience is a Virtue!

It’s hard for my southern friends and I to relate to weather that gets cold and stays cold. Indeed, our hearts have been truly heavy watching our East Coast neighbors struggle with the aftermath of Super Storm Sandy and frigid temperatures, too! As a matter of fact, it has led to some last minute adjustments on the All Things Southern community’s annual charity drive. This year, the plan was for our efforts to go to Make Way Partners, an organization working to combat human trafficking globally. And that’s still on! However, in response to the devastation in our own country, I’m asking that you consider making a matching donation to Sandy relief! We’ve been given much, let’s give much!  The drive is called Writers and Readers Reach Out 2012 and you can read all about it by hitting the blog button at allthingssouthern.com. Right now, I’ve got a chuckle to share and I’m dedicating it to the East Coast.

One winter day a school teacher named Mrs. Sally was struggling to help one of her young preschool students get back into his too tight snow boots. Mrs. Sally pulled and pushed but she got those boots em on, just in time to hear the little boy complain that they were on the wrong feet. Sure enough, they were. It was even harder removing the boots but Mrs. Sally managed to get them off and back on the right feet as the child spoke up again, “These aren’t my boots.”

The teacher wanted to scream, but she bit her tongue. She was pulling the ill-fitting boots back off for the second time when the boy added, “They’re my brother’s. Mama made me wear ’em.”

By this time, Sally didn’t know if she wanted to laugh or cry but she wrestled the boots back onto the child’s feet again. “There,” she said. “Now, do you know where you put your gloves?”

“Yes, ma’am,” the little boy whispered, “I stuffed them in my boots.”

Hugs,
Shellie