The Arizona Nevels Family

The Arizona Nevels Family

Thursday, September 27, 2012

What are John's talents?

So John was asked to show a talent of his at a recent Young Women activity.  I struggled to come up with something.  He struggled to come up with something.  It's not that my husband doesn't have talents, he just doesn't have many of those talents are that are "to be seen" talents.  So I looked outside the two of us for ideas and help.  I loved the list of what my family and friends think my husband is good at.  It's a great reminder that we all have lots of talents even if we don't think of them that way.  In no particular order these are what we were told:

Balance a checkbook, Give directions to anywhere in any town, dribble a soccer ball, ride a motorcycle around the parking lot, play guitar.  (That last one he can't actually do).  Tabulate assets and liabilities.  Mop the floor.  Disco, clean up while I make a cake, ref a soccer game, commentate a sporting event, play rock band, build something, do tricks with gunner.  Show a picture of the gate that he built.  Dad is a great tickler.  Make really straight vacuum lines.  Juggle.  Build legos, grill them something, take them for a motorcycle ride.  Make chili.  Hold a guitar since he can't actually play it.  Iron a shirt, mop the floor, make straight vacuum lines, show how to fold a shirt properly, how to hang clothes properly.  Teach them the basics of math..you know 2 plus 2.  Have the kids call out complicated math problems and watch him do them in his head.  Go through a stack of trivia persuit questions and watch him be able to answer almost all of them.  Play commercial clips and have him name all the actors who are doing the voice overs.  Name that tune and have him name the singer, song title etc.  Sing!  Play rock band.  Help anyone lost find anything when lost.  Find lost things around the house. 

I know there are more and more that we were suggested but I loved this list.  No one can say they aren't talented.  These are all above and beyond the stuff that we know about him and his spiritual levels, his love and testimony of the gospel, his desire to serve his callings so well.  His love and support as a husband and father.  All those things are things that go without saying.