A picture is worth a thousand words....

So, I was talking to my parents tonight and I told them a story about LostBoy that they hadn't heard, and it occurred to me that I hadn't shared it with my loyal readers, so I thought I should post it.

On Wednesday I went and purchased a new Cell Phone. My old one was semi-broken and I was waiting for March to end so I could get a new phone for free. I went and picked out a middle-of-the-road model. I like it. It's nice.

I got this one specifically because it has a camera on it. My old one did too, but since my screen was partially messed up, it was hard to see the pics on there.

So anyway, I took the phone to school on Thursday, and I already knew what I was going to do. After lunch recess, I had planned on taking LostBoy's picture. Only kicker of it was the fact he was in trouble (again) with his teacher. (He was caught in the restroom stall throwing toilet paper up in the air and over the stall wall. Welcome to our world!)

My first thought was that I couldn't take his picture. His teacher would be pissed because it would be like I was rewarding the kid for misbehaving in the restoom.

I stood there.
I waited.

Sure enough, I waited long enough and the moment passed.

I called him over and his class headed back to the classroom. His teacher let him come to me.

I said, "Lostboy, stand over there."
I got my phone out, and he knew what was about to happen.
He smiled for the camera.
It was a good picture. Not great, as I took another picture Friday that is better, but it was a good start.

So I tinkered with my phone for a moment and set his picture as my wallpaper on my phone.

Then I turned to him and said, "Watch this..."
I shut the phone, then I opened it again, and said, "See everytime I open my phone, you'll be there."

He smiled.
I said, "Do you know what I'm going to do each time I look at your picture?"
He said, "Think about me."
I said, "Yes. What else?"
He said, "You're going to pray for me."
I said, "Yep."
He smiled.

Well, it's not saving his life, or even getting him to stop misbehaving, but it's a start. I would venture to say (and I would be GLAD TO BE WRONG on this statement) he has never had his picture on a refrigerator or phone before.

It's a start.

By the way, a little sidenote, my favorite team The Jayhawks, are going to the championship game tomorrow night. Since they won last night, I will be receiving THREE more bags on M&M's at school tomorrow.

Life is good.

GO JAYHAWKS!