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“Face Painting for Military Families!”
Sent in by Lauren Kalal
I should preface this story by saying that I am the wife of an airman and we live overseas in Turkey. As most people know, military families move a LOT. The moving process is always long and never smooth. All of a family’s earthly belongings are packed up about a month before they leave, and it can be another month on the other end of a move before the family’s household goods are delivered.
My daughter’s friend, “Vicky”, was getting ready to move last month. Their household goods had already been picked up when Vicky’s mother invited my daughter to Vicky’s fourth birthday party. She asked us not to bring a present because they were already packed.The day of the party arrived and I brought my face paints as our present to Vicky. I painted all the children’s faces (Vicky was a clown, by the way) before relaxing and chatting it up with the grown-ups. Everyone loved the face paints and thought it had been a great present idea.
When the party was over, Vicky’s father pulled me aside. With tears in his eyes he thanked me for the present. “It’s been so boring at home for Vicky,” he told me. “All of her stuff is gone and she’s had nothing to do. I wanted to give her a really great party because of that, and your face painting made it better than I ever could have. Thank you.”
It touched me so much I almost started crying too!
Lauren Kalal
http://mrskalal.multiply.com
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Thanks for sending this in Lauren, beautiful story, good on you for creating such a special party for Vicky!
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That was such a sweet story. Thank you for sharing it with us. I guess we just don’t know what a simple act of face painting kindness can do for not only the kid, but the parents.
What a great story.