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myLot reputation of 97/100. Polly1 (8450)3 years ago

First off, this was copied and pasted. I am not the author, the author is unknown. I got goose bumps as I read the story and knew some of my friends here would also like to read the story. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.
Pinewood Derby
My son, Gilbert, was eight years old and had been in Cub Scouts only a short time. During one of his meetings, he was handed a sheet of paper, a block of wood, four tires and was told to return home and give it all to "dad."
That was not an easy task for Gilbert to do. Dad was not receptive to doing things with his son. But Gilbert tried. Dad read the paper and scoffed at the idea of making a pinewood derby car with his young eager son. The block of wood remained untouched as the weeks passed. Finally, mom stepped in to see if she could figure this all out. The project began.
Having no carpentry skills, I decided it would be best if I simply read the directions and let Gilbert do the work. And he did. I read aloud the measurements, the rules of what we could do and what we couldn't do. Within days, his block of wood was turning into a pinewood derby car. A little lopsided, but looking great (at least through the eyes of mom). Gilbert had not seen any of the other kids' cars and was feeling pretty proud of his "Blue Lightning." The kind of pride that comes with knowing you did something on your own.
Then the big night came. With his blue pinewood derby car in his hand and pride in his heart, we headed to the big race. Once there, my little one's pride turned to humility. Gilbert's car was obviously the only car made entirely on his own. All the other cars were a father-son partnership, with cool paint jobs and sleek body styles made for speed.
A few of the boys giggled as they looked at Gilbert's lopsided, wobbly, unattractive vehicle. To add to the humility, Gilbert was the only boy without a man at his side. A couple of the boys who were from single parent homes at least had an uncle or grandfather by their side, but Gilbert had "mom."
As the race began, it was done in elimination fashion. You kept racing as long as you were the winner. One by one, the cars raced down the finely sanded ramp. Finally, it was between Gilbert and the sleekest, fastest looking car there. As the last race was about to begin, my wide eyed, shy eight-year- old asked if they could stop the race for a minute, because he wanted to pray. The race stopped.
Gilbert went to his knees, clutching his funny looking block of wood between his hands. With a wrinkled brow, he set to converse with his Father. He prayed in earnest for a very long minute and a half. Then he stood, smile on his face and announced, "Okay, I am ready."
As the crowd cheered, a boy named Tommy stood with his father as their car sped down the ramp. Gilbert stood with his Father within his heart and watched his block of wood wobble down the ramp with surprisingly great speed and rushed over the finish line a fraction of a second before Tommy's car. Gilbert leaped into the air with a loud "Thank You" as the crowd roared in approval.
The Scout Master came up to Gilbert with microphone in hand and asked the obvious question, "So, you prayed to win, huh, Gilbert?"
To which my young son answered, "Oh, no sir. That wouldn't be fair to ask God to help you beat someone else. I just asked Him to make it so I wouldn't cry when I lost."
--Unknown

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 98/100. passivepam (753)   3 years ago

Hi Polly1, Very nice story. And very true..His Father was with him...nice. Thanks, Pam


myLot reputation of 97/100. Polly1 (8450)  3 years ago

I am so happy I was able to share it with you all. I knew as soon as I read it, that I had to share it with my Mylot friends.

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2. myLot reputation of 99/100. ElusiveButterfly (9411)   3 years ago

Polly, that was delightful. Thank you for posting this! Big Huggers to you.


myLot reputation of 97/100. Polly1 (8450)  3 years ago

A big huggers to you too. I know you are going thru a rough time right now, remember the little boy. His father was watching out for him, yours is too. Take care.

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3. myLot reputation of 92/100. dumblnddzzy (10212)   3 years ago

The story sure did touch my heart, I'm gonna send this to my mom, she'll love it also. Thank you for sharing such a great story with us all!! Hugs, Lori


myLot reputation of 97/100. Polly1 (8450)  3 years ago

Hugs to you too, I just knew as soon as I read it, that I had to share it with you all. Take care.

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4. myLot reputation of 99/100. sherrir101 (2918)   3 years ago

I haven't seen this before and the story was amazing!


myLot reputation of 97/100. Polly1 (8450)  3 years ago

I am happy you got to see it here, and that I was the one to share it with you. I love to share stories like that with all of you.

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5. myLot reputation of 92/100. kitten1954 (1120)   3 years ago

Thanks for sharing, this is soooooo cooool

HUGZ from Kitten1954


myLot reputation of 97/100. Polly1 (8450)  3 years ago

HUGZ to you too,

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6. myLot reputation of 85/100. marciascott (11744)   3 years ago

that was a nice story but sad. I read the whole thing Vicky I usually don't read a discussion if it is real long, but this discussion, touched me.


myLot reputation of 97/100. Polly1 (8450)  3 years ago

The story touched me too, thats why I posted it. I am leaving early in the morning for 2 weeks, I will see you when I get back. Take care, I am going to miss my mylot buddies. My Uncle does have a computer, if I get a chance I will check in.

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7. myLot reputation of 96/100. Debs_place (6686)   3 years ago

This made me sad...my son was the victim of a pinewood derby and like the Mom, I tried getting my son to do his car, with some help from Dad - my Dad. we did not know that father's took the cars to work and put them in wind tunnels to make sure they had minimal wind resistance. That the kids only watched and Dad did the work.

We got eliminated in round 1. This was a big reason my son was a scout for only 1 year. To really be a scout, a father figure was big..we did not have that. My son had better ways of learning to lose and win - on a platform that was based on the kid and the parent.


myLot reputation of 97/100. Polly1 (8450)  3 years ago

I am so sorry for your son, I didn't think about how it could make some people sad that have gone thru something like this. I am so sorry for that. I was touched by the boy asking God to help him not cry when he lost and it turns out he won. The Father was watching over him.

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