Tonight I went to the Aki Kurose Middle School Girls Soccer Banquet. My friend Bobby just completed his 8th year as coach there. Melissa, one of the girls attending, played for his first team 8 years ago...she's now a beautiful young adult--I remember her as a beautiful middle schooler. Bobby recognized several young ladies who were the 2nd person in their family to play for one of Bobby's teams.
How many of us are consistently in the lives of youth and their families for 8 straight years? I know I had the same 10th grade math teacher as my Mom, and he was SHARP! What a legacy!
My boss was recently honored for being a Sunday school teacher for a group of 4th graders, and then moving up with them all the way through their senior year of high school. He still meets with some of them after a decade and a half.
Relationships matter. The longer term, the better. Courage.
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