In August, Gallup had a "Bring your Child to Work" day. Liam was beyond thrilled that he was going to be able to go with daddy for a day and "work". The whole week before he was to go, he planned out everything he would like take to work on, and he packed his back pack to the brim.
The morning of his special day, Liam insisted on dressing just like Tim... and I can't even tell you how much my heart was bursting as they walked out the door and headed off to the office!
Liam received a special welcome from Gallup when they got to the office... :)
And then he got right to work! The morning was spent in a group session with the other children learning about Gallup's "Drop in the Bucket" philosophy. Basically they talked about how when you encourage someone, it is like filling up their bucket with drops of water. The more you fill them up, the more "water" they will have to give away. But if you are being discouraging and being a "bucket dipper" then you are taking water out of their bucket and that doesn't feel very good at all. Gallup employees use these paper drops daily to write notes of thanks and encouragement to each other too.
The kids were able to make "Drops" for others at Gallup and at home. Liam worked hard at making some drops for the people he interacted with at Gallup and then for each person in our family.
After his morning session and lunch, Tim and Liam headed up to 3rd floor where Tim's office is. There they worked together on setting up Tim's office (Tim had just moved to a different office). Tim also gave Liam his own little office in a small telephone closet in the hall. Liam was thrilled!
He set it all up and worked hard on the things he had brought with him for the rest of the afternoon. What a special day for this boy and his dad! I'm so glad Liam was able to have this experience! And his words when he got home from a hard day of work... "It was the BEST day ever!"
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