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You know what time it is? It’s story time. Hey, I said it story time. Alright, so today’s story is actually about. My dad. So we talked about, in our lesson, we talked about the seven day English study plan. Right? And you know how much I truly love creating plans for you? Well, that actually came from my dad.

My dad is a planner. I remember growing up, my dad held a lot of positions at my church, and one of the positions he held was as the men’s director. And my dad would organize. Every year he’d organize a retreat for the men of the church. Now, these retreats were not small. My dad would plan activities, he’d plan, um, for people to come and speak to the men.

He’d have all the food arranged, all the transportation. My dad is very organized, but I remember he always had a plan. He would always be writing things down. He made sure every I was dotted and every T was crossed. So I got that skill from my dad. Now, this is a skill that has helped me a lot in my life, but I remember one special type of plan my dad would write, he would have a plan when he left the house and had to buy something, and I said my dad would always write things down, so I remember.

When I figured this out, now my dad sometimes will be tasked with going to the store to buy the food for the month. My mom would say, honey, I have to work today. She had to work on the weekends sometimes ’cause she worked at the hospital. And when that happened she’d say, honey, I need you to get the food for the week or for the month.

Said Okay baby, no problem. And I remember my dad would always have a plan for when he left, what stores he was going to go to, and he’d write out his plan on a piece of paper. And on that plan would also be all the food he was going to purchase. Now, my dad does not steer away from a plan if it’s on his list.

If he’s made a plan, he’s going to do it. He’s going to accomplish what’s on that paper. And I learned at a very young age when I wanted something. It would not get purchased if it wasn’t on my dad’s list, if he didn’t have a plan for it. So I said, you know what? Instead of me asking, why don’t I just write it down myself?

Because I knew my dad is very methodical. Everything goes to a certain plan, a list, and everything is very organized. I said, okay. So I remember my dad, he had his little paper with his list and his plan for the day. He said, all right, baby girl, I’m about to head out. I said, okay, daddy. He said, I’m gonna use the bathroom really quickly.

I said, no worries, no worries. And he put his plan, his little plan with his list and everything on the table in our kitchen next to the door. So I watched him walk to the bathroom. I proceeded to pick up my pen. I turned the page of his plan and I saw where he had the food list and I said, ice cream. And I even put the type that I wanted right next to it.

Then I wrote the next thing. All right, let me get some of these. And I wrote it on the list and I put my pen down and I sat down like nothing happened. As my dad walked out the bathroom, said, okay, baby girl picked up his plan. He does not go without a plan or a list. And he walked out the door. Two hours later, my dad arrived home with bags of food and he’s unpacking the bags and I see him.

Pick up a specific bag and he walked over to our refrigerator. One side was a freezer and one side was a refrigerator, and he opened the freezer, stuck his hand in the bag. And do you know what he pulled out? He pulled out my ice cream and he put it in the freezer as if nothing had happened. He didn’t ask who wrote it on the list.

He didn’t ask how it got on there because as long as it was on the list, it got purchased. And from that day on, I knew if I wanted something just write it on his list. Now I’m a full grown woman right now, but I still do that if I’m at my parents’ home visiting them and my dad is going somewhere. I’ll just write it on the list and I’ll get what I want.

So again, plans are very helpful. They help you get what you need to get done. But I hope you enjoy today’s story. Maybe you have one of these funny stories with your dad as well. Again, don’t forget to pick up your plan. It’s totally for free, 365 day English study plan. The link is in the description, and I will talk to you all next time.

Have an awesome day and awesome week, and an awesome life.