Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Whooping for Joy!

My son is grinning from ear to ear and whooping for joy.  He finally got his box of mittens made and I pushed him and prodded him and got him to make all the liners.  He did a great job but was not really excited about it all.  Today, however, is different.  I told him to grab his box of mittens on my way into town for their homeschool skating day.  After they had their skating fun, I brought him into town and told him to go into stores and try to sell his mittens.  He was not very enthusiastic at first but then we hit upon a store where the guy was really excited about what he saw and so was his wife so they bought $60 dollars worth of mittens (3 pair) from him then offered to sell his mittens in his store if he could produce them on a regular basis.  Suddenly C. saw the light!  He was beaming!  At the next store they said he could also do business with them.  Again,  he came out grinning and talking 100 miles an hour.  At the third store he again was offered a business bargain with them and $40 in his pocket.  By this time he didn't have but two pairs of gloves left in his box and he stopped at one more store and sold them both to the clerck.  He is so excited!  I sat in the van, let him do his business, and prayed.  So fun to watch your kids succeed! 
Hey,  anyone need some mittens? 

3 comments:

  1. Brings tears to my heart. Success is so sweet, but keep in mind, we learn bigger lessons from our failures. Thankfully, the Lord likes to put a grin on our faces occasionally. Thank God, Caleb. That's the secret to more, and more and more . . . Pepere

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  2. Oh, yay for him! So exciting! You're such a great Mom, encouraging him and then letting him do it himself! Way to go! Love you! Nanette

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