This week was harrowing. In a good way, of course...I think. :-) Tonight Andrew and I were able to get out for a much-needed date night, wherein I mostly apologized for being a hormonal witch and he just smiled and nodded because he's a gem and has been through this before.
Our date money actually went to Claire's major bleeding event last week, so we agreed to keep things casual and easy on the pocketbook. We went to Kincaid's for burgers and then walked around Ulta and Best Buy. I replaced my shattered glass nail file and we bought a few items to prepare for a super adventure that is happening as we speak. I know. Pins and needles, right?
So we returned home with two very sleepy gals and left one with Charlotte for the night. Molly was jazzed at the thought of sleeping in "Hoocie's bed" for the night, try as we might to convince her to snuggle in our bed for the night.
We checked the mail when we pulled up and were greeted with a delightful surprise. "Someone who reads your blog" sent us a lovely letter and a sweet gift card. Do angels send gift cards???! We have been met with the most overwhelming summer yet and I think we both feel our heads spinning with the energy we're using just trying to keep things straight. It was just such a wonderful little interlude in the middle of all of that listing and counting and planning and sighing. We have always been blessed with wonderful gifts from God, but even the most blessed and fortunate find themselves among those who wonder if things will ever straighten out again. Our faith has always been such a boon in this area, as tiny blessings happen to us when things tighten up.
When we were just starting out as a very young family, money was often so tight that we'd just agree to hope for the best and assume that God would provide. About once a month or so, in those last days before payday, we'd receive $20 in the mail from a dear, dear friend. Her notes would say, "Take yourselves out to lunch!" "Go out for some ice cream together!" We almost always used those little gifts for essentials, so thrilled that the Lord spoke to her right when we most needed it. Little did she know that she was helping us keep food on the table!
This felt a lot like that. In the middle of a week where ends were just meeting, we decided to splurge on a date that we probably shouldn't shell out the cash for, but that our marriage and friendship so desperately needed. And we came home to a gift card in the amount that we had just spent on our marriage. So, dear friend, you have given help to one of the most crucial and endangered parts of our society: Young, faithful, Christian marriage. What a blessing you've been to us! Thank you! <3
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