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*Grandma's Report Card* ________________________________ If you enjoy this free email service, I encourage you to spread the word to family and friends that we may bring inspiration into the lives of many! If you are not on the list and this has been passed along to you, join the thousands of HeartTouchers.com readers around the world by visiting: http:www.HeartTouchers.com Visit our inspirational web site and read all the past stories in our archives at: http://www.HeartTouchers.com/Archives Be sure to check out our brand new inspirational list just for teenagers! Heart4Teens.com To subscribe visit: http://www.Heart4Teens.com ____________________________________________ Grandma's Report Card By Meladee McCarty "Every generation passes on a lasting memory that sticks with pride and admiration. What will your legacy be?" --Theodore N. Greenough Subject: Reading Comments: Grandma's been reading to me for as long as I can remember. I have always loved sitting on her lap as she reads stories to me. And sometimes she stops and tells me one of her own stories. I like that a lot. Grade: A Subject: History Comments: Excellent at recounting family history and can be counted on for fascinating and embarrassing stories about mom and dad. Grade: A Subject: Writing Skills Comments: Grandma writes me letters and notes. She always says she loves me in them. I get cards from her on my birthday and on holidays. And she encourages me to write, too. She pressures me to write my thank you notes and, even if I hate to write 'em, I've learned how important that can be. Grade: A Subject: Math Skills Comments: Grandma knows when things 'just don't add up' and is not afraid to tell me. She also knows how to save and is still able to contribute to my education. Grade: A Subject: Social Studies Comments: Understands that 'what goes around, comes around'. Does many acts of kindness, every day, for relatives and friends, for neighbors and even for strangers. Contributes to charity because she knows it's the right thing to do. She involves all us grandkids in doing these acts of kindness because she knows we've got to learn this, too. Grade: A Subject: P.E. Comments: Plays well with others. Exercises, walks, rides her bike, goes on hikes, taking a kick-boxing class, pushes loaded shopping carts through miles of aisles. Owns a rocking chair but is too darn busy to use it. Even though sometimes she complains about aches and pains, she's out there, moving and doing, every day. Grade: A Subject: Home Economics Comments: Grandma really knows how to cook! She knows my favorite foods and has them ready when she knows I'm coming to visit. Grade: A Subject: Attendance Comments: She shows up. She's there for every event that's important to me. I know that she'll be there, on the sidelines, cheering for me. She listens to me really well. Grade: A Subject: Personal Qualities Comments: Grandma is just FUN! She seems to be always ready to play, just a little bit. When everyone else seems so serious, she'll give me a look with a twinkle in her eye and I know that we're on the same wavelength. She can be very serious, but she doesn't take herself seriously. She's my bud. Grade: A General Comments: Grandma passes with flying colors. I'm looking forward to being with her for a very, very long time. Meladee McCarty Kindness@Cheerful.com Write Meladee and let her know your thoughts on her story! ____________________________________________ Meladee is a professional educator and dynamic speaker in the field of special education and a Program Specialist for the Sacramento County Office of Education. She works to provide inclusional education settings for children with disabilities and trains educators in a number of areas. They are the proud parents to McAllister Dodds, Stephanie Dodds, Ethan McCarty, Shayna Hinds, and their granddaughter, Rand Avery Hinds. Of all the many opportunities she has had in her life, being the mother and wife and grandma of such a loving family is her most cherished role. They have written five books together: Acts of Kindness: How to Make a Gentle Difference, A Year of Kindness: 365 Ways to Spread Sunshine, The Daily Journal of Kindness and their NY Times #1 Bestseller, A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul, and Chicken Soup for the Grandparent's Soul. Be sure to visit their web site at: http://www.grandparentsoul.com Here you can find information on the Grandparent's book and a number of neat links just for grandparents! Be sure to take some time to visit! You can order the book by: calling 1-800 KINDNESS, stopping by your local bookstore, or by ordering the book online by visiting the HeartTouchers.com book store at: http://www.HeartTouchers.com/books To contact Meladee for more information about her programs: The Kindness Revolution P.O. Box 5 Galt, CA 95632-0066 Phone: (209) 745-7152 fax: (209) 745-2252 To order autographed copies of Meladee's books, call 1-800-KINDNESS _________________________________________ Thought For The Day: "I will study and prepare myself and then someday my chance will come." --Abraham Lincoln Verse for the Day: "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Kid's Thought For The Day: "If you don't run you won't trip, but you may never get there." Parent's Thought For The Day "Do you know why you want your children to do well in their studies?
Because you have no clue what is going on when you try and help them with their homework!" Coach's Thought For The Day "It's easy to be a smart player. Just think of something stupid and do just the opposite." Writer's Thought For The Day: "The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He's entitled to be entertained, instructed, amused; maybe all three. If he quits in the middle, or puts the book down feeling his time has been wasted, you're in violation."--Larry Niven Deep Thought For The Day: "For centuries, people thought the moon was made of green cheese. Then the astronauts found that the moon is really a big hard rock. Well, that's what happens to cheese when you leave it out." _________________________________________ MICHAEL T. POWERS www.HeartTouchers.com "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20 __________________________________________ Video Imagery --Michael's Video Production Business Dear Michael, I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for the beautiful video you made for me! It was so special to see both of my parents in tears as they watched their children grow up in pictures before their eyes! I loved the way you made Estania's part set aside from the rest--that was the part that really got them! The music was beautiful. My mom kept blubbering, "What song is that?" I don't know how you did such a beautiful job with the video in such a short time. I really appreciate your doing it so quickly. You have a wonderful gift, and I thank God that you are using it to create such sentimental memories. I hope that I can find my niche like that in an area that I love. Your video gave us one of our most lasting Christmas memories! I hope yours was filled with moments to be treasured forever! Love, Trisha Silverhill, AL Let me make you a video from your photos! Check out my video production business by visiting: http://www.hearttouchers.com/video_imagery ___________________________________________ Would you like to see your story in HeartTouchers.com? Writer's guidelines can be found on our Web site here: http://www.HeartTouchers.com/guidelines/ __________________________________________ Do you feel as if life has no meaning for you? http://www.greatcom.org/english/four.htm _________________________________________ The copyrights to the stories that appear in HeartTouchers.com are owned by the authors and are used with their permission. We refuse to run stories without the author's permission and contact info listed after the story. We also refuse to publish stories listed as "author unknown." (All of which violates Copyright Law and the rights of the authors.) This e-mail may be forwarded in its entirety, but please do not cut and paste the stories to be used elsewhere unless you have contacted and been given permission by the individual writer. Thank you so much for honoring the rights of those writers who graciously share their stories with us! ___________________________________________ Reading Books, Changing Lives! For those of you who would like to purchase the books from the HeartTouchers.com bookstore via your credit card, you can now do so! You can now order a number of different autographed best-selling inspirational books for the same price you would get them in the store, the shipping to you is paid for, and you are helping change the lives of teenagers and those they come in contact with! And best of all, every penny from the book sales are going to youth ministry! http://www.HeartTouchers.com/books _________________________________________________ A number of people have written to us asking what an EBook is, since our book is being offered in both print and EBook versions. An EBook is a book that can be downloaded and read right on your computer. The advantage of ordering the EBook is that is costs less, $8.95 (No other charges), as compared to $14.95 + shipping and handling for the print book. Plus you can download the EBook and begin reading the stories in a few minutes! EBooks are read via Acrobat Reader, which is software that most of you already have on your computer. And if for some reason you don't, it can be downloaded free of charge at the web site. So for those of you who don't want to wait for the print book to be delivered, check out this web site to order the EBook version of Straight From the Heart "A Celebration of Life." http://www.booklocker.com/bookpages/michaeltpowers01.html |
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