Tuesday, August 24, 2010

With grateful a grateful heart, thank you!!!

For this post their are no pictures. It has been a week that has been full of blessings and angels. There was a story told last week of a statue of Jesus Christ with no hands, with it the thought was shared that we are his hands.
Many of you know that we have been trying to revive a red geo without any luck. A week ago last Thursday Ben and I pushed it across two busy intersections during 5 pm traffic, had a policeman ask Ben if we stole the car we had just pushed into the gas station, and wasted 30 dollars in gas on a 8 mile trip home. That evening they fixed the issue and I continued to drive it.
Tuesday, I drove to Rachael's to iron, and it started making an interesting noise. As I was ironing I was wondering if I should take it to pick up Kristopher and then into Mesa to get my three youngest. Soon the phone rang, it was Kathy. "Mom, come get my car. I'm at work till 6 and you can drive around with cold air conditioning." Thank you , thank you, the day became less stressful.
Thursday, I got home around 2, the yard was a mess, not because my boys won't help me but because everyone had been working on this red geo. I started picking up and putting away things, pondering whether I should get the mower out and do the grass. Then the neighbor came down and said Michael had done something for him on Saturday, would I let him mow the grass and do a little weed eating. Yes, and between the two of us it was quite tidy in less than 20 minutes.
All week long we had been looking at Bonnivelle's on Craig's List. None of them were great but they seemed sound. So we called, and called and no one would call us back and take our money. Then Saturday, I came back from the Mesa Cannery, and Mike said come look at what I found. It was another Bonnivelle but what was this, It Was Pretty!!! Surprise the guy was home, he answered the phone and after attending Gunner's piano recital we bought a sparkly blue car.
I feel greatly blessed, for children who are kind and thoughtful, neighbors who lend a hand even when I can handle it myself, and for people who don't answer their phones, so I can have pretty not just servicable.
Thank you, Thank you!!

1 comment:

Rachael Papes said...

I think you have put in enough time to get what you want, not just what you need.