We had supper last night with Nathan and
April and Cailyn. We tried to do that
last week but couldn’t coordinate a time between Cailyn’s softball and Mommy
and Daddy’s work schedule. Nathan called
us this time, though. He is finally
starting on his regular shift work at the plant, so he actually had a day
off.
Before the chili was served (Good stuff, by the way. Nathan put in three different kinds of
meat. He has always been the creative
cook in the family), Cailyn practiced her presentation for history class. They are studying the Revolutionary War and
some of its unlikely heroes. Cailyn
chose someone I had never heard of, for sure.
Can’t even remember her name. I
think she married a guy named Reed.
Anyway, she organized some of the hoity-toity ladies (that’s Nathan’s translation) to collect
money for the army. The intent was to
simply distribute the money to the soldiers, but a certain General named George
Washington had some reservations about that.
He was fairly certain the men would simply spend the extra money on
booze. They compromised. The ladies collected the money, and used it to
purchase linen. Then they made clothing
for the troops. It was certainly a
worthy endeavor, but our lady hero still wasn’t completely convinced. She even wrote General George a letter
expressing her ambivalence. She felt
like the soldiers would consider the clothes more something they earned –
something the army should have provided them anyway - a payment for services
rendered, rather than the surprise bonus the ladies intended. General George won. So did the soldiers. So today we drink coffee instead of tea …
1 John 1:7 says, “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship
with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.”
Father, please be with Cailyn in her
presentation today. Help her to have fun
with it. Amen.
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