So true George.... SO TRUE!
We have a local Children's Home. Troubled kids go there instead of jail... some are there because their parents are in jail and they have nowhere to go. Some are there because their parents don't know what else to do with them. Most are good kids once they get into the rural area and start attending church. (It's funded by churches, no state help at all.)
Funny story:
Several of the boys there are from the city. They come down here and sometimes play sports, some are pretty good. My granddad was President of the board at the Children's home and one year we went to put up hay and called and asked if they boys wanted to make some money. "THEY SURE DO!", was the reply. So out they came. Big bulky football boys, and some not so bulky. None had ever put up hay. I always stack. That's my job. We don't want to stack it twice, so someone who knows how always does. So, there we are about an hour into it, and the boys start asking for a break. So, we stop and get some water, then go on. 30 min later, they wanted a break.... more water. We unload the first set of wagons and start to head back... "We have to go back out?!?!?!" they hollered. "Well.... yeah. Can't leave all that hay out there. Might rain." we told them. This goes on for a little longer.... we didn't get the second load on and we really had to start pushing those boys. Granddad at one point told one of the big kids that he shouldn't be complaining.... after all, he was only handling about 1/4 of the bales. "How do you figure?" kid asked. "Well, see," granddad said, "That guy up there stacking has to handle them all. Every bale that goes up, get's stacked," he said pointing at me. "How tired does he look?"... Kids just stare. LOL. It was a long day. At the end, the same big kid came up to me and granddad and said "I will never think that you guys are wimps or that I could ever "take" you. I worked all day and I'm so tired I can't hardly walk. Yet, you both are still going. Are you even tired?" We told him we were, but there was still chores to do and we had more to bale tomorrow. "TOMORROW?!?!?!" he yelled. Half of them didn't show the second day, LOL.
