How does a Giver become a Giver?

AT NUCC we are in a stewardship campaign and I spoke about why Doug and I give to the church. As I thought about what I'd say about why we strive to tithe, I kept thinking of my Granny and Poppa. They were tithe-ers, but they also had very distinct and clear values about money. Here is who they were with money:

• They gave my mother a solid gold watch for her graduation from high school in 1956
• Granny always worked
• Granny also always rode the bus from their apartment off San Pedro to downtown San Antonio, where she worked in the Tower Life building
• They always bought the best, especially on certain things like furniture and shoes
• Every year they took a vacation out of state
• They always tithed 10% of the gross – even thru the depression
• They bought a new car ever 10 years or so - always American made
• The saved one of their social security checks, so they only lived on one of their checks