July 19, 2012
The last day of our Vacation Bible School is over now. Walter & I worked as assistants in the Pre-School arts and crafts area. We had an average of 44 children each night for five nights. With every session, we helped the children create a craft and reinforced the Bible stories they had heard in the lesson portion of their program. Tonight the children were happy and anxiously awaiting the closing ceremony where each age group comes to the stage and sings a song they have been rehearsing all week.
Each grade was excited to perform. While the three year olds were on stage, my mind traveled back about 37 years. I remember so well a Vacation Bible School program so long ago. I was a young wife and mother. My husband and I had enrolled our 3-year old Patricia in a Vacation Bible School program and we had come to see her final day. She was excited and so serious. I tried to get her to lie back in my lap but she would have nothing of it. She was very focused on all that was going on around her. When her group was called, she confidently strode onto the stage and repeated the words she had practiced all week.
She was flawless in her delivery. Patricia stood tall and proudly performed her part. Then she came down from the stage and cuddled into my arms. Within a few minutes she was fast asleep. Both of us were so very proud of her. She had steeled herself to do the best job possible and she had done just that. I was proud of her that evening and still am proud of my sweet girl today.
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