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How can Live, Laugh, Love change your life... |
"I teach first grade and the son of one of my Live, Laugh, Love Club Members is in my class. In class one day, I noticed he had one of our Live, Laugh, Love keys dangling from his beltloop. After the other kids went to work on activities, I asked him where he got his key. He showed it to me and went into a lengthy story about how he helped both of his little brothers and gave up "the best popscicle" to his brother. When he displayed this "Act of Love" his mom rewarded him with the "Key of Love". The boy was so excited that I saw the key and knew it meant something special that he beamed with pride. When he saw his mom later he excitedly told her that I had noticed. His mom was so happy that I had reinforced something she did (and I didn't even know that she did it!). Seeing how something so simple could make such a huge impact was one of the greatest lessons she had learned. She is going to be sure to buy the other keys each month as her boys now are wanting to work for their chance to earn the key! How lucky I am to experience this company from so many different perspectives!"
~ Roxanne Weaver, Independent Once Upon a Family Consultant from Littleton, CO
(Mom to Adia & 1st grade teacher)
"Every evening the kids and I spend time in the front yard either playing baseball, basket ball or working in the garden. Our neighborhood is so wonderful and everyone is always stopping by to chit chat or say hello. Nolan, an older gentleman of 77 is one of our favorite passer - byers. He comes by every evening around 6:30pm to walk his dogs. He is such a neat man to talk to with lots of stories and it's a pleasure to talk to him. A few months ago, I noticed that I had not seen Nolan in quite awhile. It seemed like weeks had passed and I didn't see him walking the dogs. Then one evening his wife was out with the dogs passing by our front yard. I asked her about Nolan and she said that he had a bad stroke several months ago and is now confined to a wheelchair. She said his outlook on life was very grim and he was having a hard time adjusting to his change of lifestyle. My boys and I thought it would be nice to do something for Nolan so we took our last Compassion Basket from our April LLL club and filled it with flowers and bright cheery notes. We rang the bell and left it on the doorknob so it could be found. The boys had fun running around the corner being careful not to be seen.
The next day we were out and about in the front yard and guess who stopped by for a visit.... To our surprise it was Nolan! His wife was pushing him in the wheelchair while he held on to the dog's leash. She pushed him right up to us and he greeted us with the most amazing words. He said "Erica, I would like to thank you and the boys for the beautiful basket. That was the most precious gift anyone has ever given me. Matter of fact, if it wasn't for you and the boys, I wouldn't have left my home" His eyes were tearing and so were mine, I thought it was the most touching thing any one has ever said to me and the boys and I'm so thankful that Once Upon a Family gave this man a more positive outlook on life."
~ Erica Oresky, Independent Once Upon a Family Consultant from Sacramento, CA
"Last October's packet had the pumpkin faces…remember those. Well, we used them to help Ryan (just turned 3) understand that we were happy or sad when he did something. We explained that if he did something that made us happy he would get a happy pumpkin to put up on the door of our pantry for all to see…they are actually still up 9 months later. If he did something that made us sad then he would get a sad pumpkin and he was supposed to stop doing that action. He loved getting the pumpkins that were happy and would even ask for them if he knew he was making us happy and we forgot to hand one out. He also would run away if he saw us coming with a sad pumpkin. We also told him he could give out pumpkins if someone was making him happy and sad. He loved running after his older brother with a sad pumpkin just for fun. It was quite hilarious.
Here is the funny part...
One morning when Claire was about 4 months old I got up to take a shower and she and Ryan were still sleeping. After a while Ryan comes in the bathroom and very sternly, hands on hips says…”How many does it take to stop her?”! I rush out of the shower, not understanding what he was talking about and fearing something not good, and find Claire with 7 sad pumpkins taped to her and she was crying her head off in her basinet and of course Ryan was entering the bedroom with yet another sad pumpkin. He said he kept giving her sad pumpkins but she just wouldn't stop crying. I almost died laughing and had to explain that we don't tape things to the baby but couldn't resist giving him a great big hug for trying to help his sister stop crying. Of course he asked for his happy face to hang up!"
~ Jeannette Sampson, Independent Once Upon a Family Consultant from Shakopee, MN
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