If you have received the Old Schoolhouse Magazine, you have read JenIg's article on Givers, Takers, and Gakers.  If not, you should.  It's a great article.  She talks about how very few people there are who are true Givers.  We are either Takers, or Gakers (somewhere in between a Giver and Taker).  Well, I would like to take the time to tell you that I know TWO, yes, count them, TWO Givers. 

The first one is my sister-in-law, Y.  She was born in the Ukraine, so she doesn't have the American, I deserve everything, attitude.  She is thankful for every little thing that she gets.  But the biggest thing that I notice about her, is her attitude as a wife.  She would do anything for my brother.  She serves him without complaint.  She supports him.  She never makes a decision without consulting him first.  She is happy, when he is happy.  When they visit us, we like to play games.  Two of the games we have played are Scene It and Cranium.  Being from the Ukraine, she didn't grow up watching the tv we saw, or listening to the music we heard.  But she never said she didn't want to play those games, or even suggested we find a game she might be good at.  She knew my brother, B, wanted to play those games, so she sat right by his side, held his hand, encouraged him, and enjoyed it!  It didn't matter to her that she was no good at it.  There may be some of us who would do something their husband wanted to do, but how many of us would have so great a heart?  Would you be completely happy just knowing your husband was happy?  I know I would have been thinking how stupid I looked, and why we couldn't play something else, and even be mad because he played and knew I was no good at it. 

The other Giver I know is my mom.  She is truely happy when she is helping out.  She moved in here two months ago and has been doing dishes, laundry and all sorts of cleaning, and helping out with homeschooling.  She has been making a notebook for my house and organizing everything.  If I need her help, she gladly helps.  She never sighs, or makes a face.  Mothers are supposed to be that great, though, right?  But, am I?  Are you?   I hope that I can someday become as selfless as these two Givers I know.