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Jewel Greenwood

Jewel Squared

by Jewel Smith

eople don’t always get to meet I learned
the person they are named about her
Pafter, but I have: my great- life and her
grandmother, Jewel Greenwood. hobbies, all of
Our names do tend to get confusing which were
at family gatherings, and we’ve even fascinating to
been called “Jewel Squared” before. me. She was
Despite all of this, I wouldn’t want an art teacher
to share a name with anyone else. in elementary
My tiny little great-grandmother is school, I’ve been blessed with the ability
amazing, and she has taught me so something I constantly see her to share another hobby with my
much. working on. Every time I was at her grandmother – reading. Ever since
house, she’d ask me if I thought that
The first and most important thing the students would enjoy a certain I was a little kid, I’ve loved to read,
that anyone would note about Jewel project, or if they’d have fun. and she’s been such a huge part
is that she’s incredibly spiritual. She in encouraging that. When I was
is a Christian, as am I, and every Seeing her work so hard at making in second grade, she gave me the
single morning she wakes up early sure that every student enjoys book, Prince Caspian, the story-book
to read the Bible. I know this because themselves in her class, and then version. This book had all the same
one week, during the summer when seeing her pride at completed art words but huge pictures of all the
I turned eleven, I spent a week with projects (that perhaps even a mother characters, and I was mesmerized
her. On the first day, I planned to might grimace at) were both things by it. I read every single Chronicles
sleep really late; I was convinced that that truly taught me what it meant of Narnia book that year, and it was
that week would be like a vacation. to lead and love little ones well. She honestly the first full book series I
spends extra time working on an remember reading.
However, I was awakened by my idea for a project, to make sure she
grandmother at 6:30 am, which, for a can perfect it so that everyone will Since then, I’ve moved on to C.S.
summer day when you’re eleven, is love it. It’s shown me how important Lewis’s other works and have gotten
way too early to wake up. I groaned it is to make sure that everyone to discuss theology with Jewel.
about it but got up anyway and was you’re supposed to be leading is She’s been such a blessing and a
led into her dining room, where she happy and able to do whatever task great resource. The long talks we
pointed out the two Bibles on the is given them. She has taught me have about the impact of today’s
table; she told me that I should get how to paint, using techniques I’d culture on the church are something
in the habit of doing a Bible study never tried before. Her paintings are I treasure. I know others might
every morning. stunning, and while I can honestly find these topics boring, but they’re
something I’m truly interested in,
That wasn’t the last time I’d get say that my work is nowhere close and Jewel has always made an effort
solid life advice from her, but it was to hers, I love that I get to share that to be knowledgeable about what I
one of the first. Over the next week, with her. care about.

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