Do a Good Turn Daily

Recently I worked on a quilt for an Eagle Scout. Isn't this the perfect fabric? I didn't even know they made Boy Scout fabric! This quilt came from a blog reader in Connecticut, so it traveled 2800 miles to get here! It's now gone back 2800 miles and will be given to the Eagle Scout soon.As I quilted, I read all the phrases throughout. They are from the Boy Scout Law, Motto and Slogan. Below is a very nice patriotic block...I believe this phrase below is "Honorable" but I kept reading it as "Adorable." I know that's not part of the Boy Scout law, but it should be!Check out the backing fabric! It is a print of all the merit badges. I love the "art" one, because when my son was a First Class Scout, he earned that badge 3 times! You could tell it was his favorite!The Boy Scout Slogan is my favorite... "Do a Good Turn Daily."Here is another view of the that block...
That reminds me of a story. (Don't all quilts remind me of stories?) This is the story of when someone did a "good turn" for me and my husband.

We had only been married a year. We were living in Utah and I was working full-time in the office of a trucking company and my husband was a student at BYU. We had little to no money. It was our one year anniversary and we wondered how we would be able to afford to go out to enjoy a nice dinner to celebrate.

Well, it was finals week and my husband was just about to take his last final. He said that after the test, he would sell the textbook and figured he'd get about $25. With that money we would go out and enjoy a nice anniversary dinner.My husband went to the testing center on campus to take his test. He left his belongings in the coat room, including that textbook. Well, later that day I received a phone call from him.

He told me that while he was in that testing center, someone had stolen that textbook. He felt really bad. Now we wouldn't be able to go out to dinner for our anniversary.

I told some of my friends in my office about this. I was so sad. I couldn't believe someone would steal that book! The rest of the day I very quiet and went about my work.

Later in the day, I left my office for just a moment. When I returned, there on my desk, was an envelope with my name on it. Inside were 25 one dollar bills and a note that said, "Enjoy your anniversary dinner." No one signed the note. I asked everyone in the office who had left me that envelope. No one ever admitted to it, but my husband and I have never forgotten that "good turn" someone did for us.

(Here we are visiting Steamboat Springs, CO. Wow! How young we look! BTW, my husband is the one on the far right! )

Do a good turn for someone today!