It’s not every day you see the fruits of your labor and learn how you directly impacted someone’s life.
Sure, someone starts going to church and you hope your conversation with them that one time helped lead them there. Or a friend asked for your advice and their actions seem to follow what you told them.
We see where we might fit in to someone’s story, but rarely do we learn how big of a role we actually played.
Twenty-three-year-old Raquel is one of the lucky ones.
Her story made its way around the feeds of Tumblr and Reddit about a little girl she used to babysit:
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“When I was 12, I babysat this girl for a few years and she would come to me and show me her art, drag me by my wrists and point at the pieces she’d made during the week.”
Rather than blowing off the little girl’s request, Raquel always took the time to treasure the art at hand. She even turned it into a source of entertainment, narrating each masterpiece with the voice of a sports-announcer.