{"id":14807,"date":"2018-03-19T02:57:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T02:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/?p=14807"},"modified":"2018-03-20T03:06:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T03:06:09","slug":"a-lesson-on-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/19\/a-lesson-on-service\/","title":{"rendered":"A lesson on service"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning we had a play date with Maddie, who is moving soon. I learned a lot yesterday when I talked to her mom, Amelia, for the first time ever. I casually asked Amelia if I could help with the move–and she said yes! I was honestly shocked and so instructed by her answer.<\/p>\n

Normally if someone who I didn’t know asked me if I needed help, I would probably say “No, I’m fine,” even if I could use the help. The fact that Amelia so graciously and humbly said, “Yes! Could\u00a0 you please watch Maddie tomorrow?” made me rethink my own response to offers of service. I was\u00a0thrilled<\/em> that Amelia said yes and allowed me to help out. Babysitting was literally the easiest thing she could have asked for, but it made me feel happy and useful. I think I will always reference this exchange when people offer to help in the future.<\/p>\n

Maddie and Mary hit it off.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Clark and my mom took Soren and Ammon to Cookie Cutters to get haircuts. Ammon was in desperate need.<\/p>\n

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On the way home with their balloons from Cookie Cutters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cute boys.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the afternoon Clark and my mom took the boys to Qualtrics. Someone asked if Ammon and Soren were twins! That made me so happy.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, because Clark had Ammon, I got to watch the girls at ballet for the first time all year. I didn’t even know the name of their teacher until today, and they’ve been in ballet since September.<\/p>\n

Then I brought Clarissa home and finished making corned beef and cabbage for dinner. We were a little late to the St. Patrick’s day dinner theme, but better late than never, right?<\/p>\n

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The boys eating together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This morning we had a play date with Maddie, who is moving soon. I learned a lot yesterday when I talked to her mom, Amelia, for the first time ever. I casually asked Amelia if I could help with the move–and she said yes! I was honestly shocked and so instructed by her answer. Normally … Continue reading A lesson on service<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14808,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14807\/revisions\/14808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}