Caleb was asked to speak at Church today for Mother's day along with 5 other of the youth. He did a great job honoring both of the mothers he's been blessed to have in his life. He shared a funny story which got some good laughs -- almost too much laughter. But it was so true about mothers and all they do that so often goes un-noticed...and got lots of comments about how good that story was and that it should be read each year. He wasn't sure who the author was, but here is the story:
THE NEXT SURVIVOR SERIES
Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids each for six weeks.
Each kid will play two sports and either take music or dance classes. There is no fast food.
Each man must take care of his 3 kids, keep his assigned house clean, correct all homework, and complete science projects, cook, do laundry, and pay a list of 'pretend' bills with not enough money and budget money for groceries each week.
Each man must also take each child to a doctor, a dentist and a haircut appointment.
He must make one unscheduled and inconvenient visit per child to the Urgent Care.
During one of the six weeks, the men will have to endure severe abdominal pains, back aches, and have extreme, unexplained mood swings, but not complain as much as they could or slow down from other duties.
They must attend weekly school meetings, church, and find time at least once to spend the afternoon at the park or a similar setting.
They will need to read a book and then pray with the children each night and in the morning, feed them, dress them, brush their teeth, and comb their hair by 7:00 am.
They must find time to make dinner for a neighbor in need and ensure they’ve fulfilled their monthly visiting teaching assignments.
A quiz will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will be required to know all of the following information: each child's birthday, height, weight, shoe size, clothes sizes, and doctor's name. Also the child's weight at birth, length at birth, time of birth, and length of labor, each child's favorite color, middle name, favorite snack, favorite song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest fear, and what they want to be when they grow up.
The kids vote dads off the island based on performance.
If there is a man who wins, he can play the game over and over again for the next 18-25 years eventually earning the right to be called a good Mother!
Great job Caleb! That was an awesome talk...I sure love you!
