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Last weekend, our Varsity Boys and Girls Basketball teams each won the annual VCHS Tip-Off Tournament, with wins over Lake County and Clear Creek. Afterwards, I heard this heartwarming story from a VCHS parent.
Last night as I was leaving the gym a woman stopped me. She asked where she could leave some treats for the coaches. She said she did not have a student at the school but wanted to do a random act of kindness. She met me at my car and gave me a large basket of snacks and drinks
and told me a bit more of her story. Her father, a strong Christian, had passed away exactly nine years ago and he loved basketball. It made her want to do something in his memory that was basketball and Christian related. This was the note she wrote to our basketball coaches:
Thank you for all you do for our young people. The time, passion, and encouragement you give to our boys and girls has not gone unnoticed. When you see something good in people, you should say it. May God bless you and the boys this season. Enjoy this random act of kindness
and enjoy the basket of snacks and drinks as you enter a busy weekend. Go Saints! Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6.
What moves me most with this story are the these words from this woman’s note – “When you see something good in people, you should say it.” During this Christmas season, we may be wired to think of material gifts only. But the gift of our words to someone – words of
encouragement and words that gift life – may be even more important.
You’re far happier giving than getting – Jesus.
Steve O'Neil
Head of School
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