Last weekend was the annual Gym Show at Planet Gymnastics, the gym where Allie's been the Preschool Director/Special Events Director/Camp Director/Personal Coach/Interventionist/Counselor/Planner/Employee Extraordinaire.
The Gym Show is simply a short program providing the kids a chance to show their parents everything they've learned from their coaches. I snuck in and took a couple of photos at two shows. What they reveal is something incredible:
Allie's last several months at the gym have been incredibly trying. Very few people would stand strong in the midst of all that she has been enduring. The trials and struggles at the gym came to a head the weekend of the Show. Anyone of lesser quality would have simply gone through the motions and done their duty, but not my wife. Her acceptance and continual encouragement of the kids put in her charge was reflected on the faces of the kids as she helped them all through their routines. I was awestruck by her love, strength, and Christlikeness.
I can remember very few moments that I saw Jesus being tangibly reflected in someone's life. I suppose that we all have moments of kindness as we stop for someone crossing the street or say a nice word to someone in the checkout line, but to live out Christlike love and grace in the face of incredible opposition is something else altogether. Allie showed me what that looks like last weekend.
It's something that I will never forget and always admire.
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