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{Straight From the Heart}   *Raising My Sights*  10/11/00
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Raising My Sights

By Terri McPherson

My six-year-old granddaughter, Caitlynd, and I stopped at a Tim Horton's
donut shop for a blueberry muffin. As we were going out the door, a young
teenage boy was coming in.

This young man had no hair on the sides of his head and tuft of blue spiked
hair on top of it. One of his nostrils was pierced, and attached to the hoop
that ran through the hole, was a chain that draped across his face and
attached to a ring he was wearing in his ear. He held a skateboard under one
arm and a basketball under the other.

Caitlynd, who was walking ahead of me, stopped in her tracks when she saw
the teen. I thought he'd scared the dickens out of her and she'd frozen on
the spot.

I was wrong.

My GrandAngel backed up against the door and opened it as wide as it would
go. Now I was face to face with the young man. I stepped aside and let him
pass. His gracious response was a kind, "Thank you very much".

On our way to the car, I commended Caitlynd for her manners in holding open
the door for the young man. She didn't seem to be troubled by his appearance
but I wanted to make sure. If a grandmotherly talk about freedom of self
expression and allowing people their differences was in order, I wanted to
be ready.

As it turned out, the person who needed the talk was me.

The only thing Caitlynd noticed about the teen, was the fact that his arms
were full. "He woulda' had a hard time to open the door."

I saw the partially shaved head, the tuft of spiked hair, the piercings and
the chain. She saw a person carrying something under each arm and heading
toward a door.

In the future, I hope to get down on her level and raise my sights.

Terri McPherson
tmcphers@mnsi.net

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Terri lives in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She has two wonderful children,
six-year-old GrandAngel and a terrific husband. She works as a Writer / Web
Designer / Production Assistant for a local production company and teaches
advanced clogging classes for the Border City Cloggers.

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Thought For The Day:

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather a man of virtue"
(Albert Einstein)

Verse for the Day:

"A good name is more desirable than riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold."

Kid's Thought For The Day:

"Rest your head on the nearest lap."

Parent's Thought For The Day

"Grandma knows best, but no one ever listens."
(Mary McBride)

Coach's Thought For The Day

"You can be harsh to your players and still coach, but it is easier when you are kind to them."
(John Kessel)

Deep Thought For The Day:

"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good, that he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth closed."

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/_/\/\    MICHAEL T. POWERS
\_\  /    THUNDER27@aol.com  
/_/  \    "For 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 for the Son
   \_\/   of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."  Galatians 2:20 

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