The start of school marks a tradition in our home that Stephen started years ago.
On the first day of school Stephen gives the kids two packages of Starbursts in their lunch box, one is for the first day of school and the other for the last day.
He does this because when he was in the Navy and would go out to sea on the submarine, he would buy two packages of Starbursts and eat one on the way out to sea and the other on the way home. He said it was always a reminder to begin with the end in mind.
Having that second package in their lunch box all year encourages our kids to do the same and teaches them patience, delayed gratification, to resist temptation and that there is always something to look forward to.
Have they always made it until the last day of school? Nope. A couple times the second pack was eaten around February. Yet the majority of the time they surprisingly have done it!
I share this with you today as I love this tradition Stephen started and figured if you too want to teach similar lessons to your kids it’s a fun way to do so!
With love,
Shawn
“The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride…”
- Ecclesiastes 7:8