Less than 2 days away and we will be heading to sunny warm Florida! We are so excited for this family vacation! Packing has already begun and will continue after the Packers beat the Bears on Sunday.
It's been so cold here these last few days and more snow has fallen adding to the frigid temps. It's comforting to just think about somewhere warm!
Another thing that is so comforting is the angel I met, sent from God. The evening of the last big snow fall we had last week, there was a knock-knock on our door. I opened the door to find a young boy, about 11 or 12 with a shovel asking if we needed our driveway shoveled. I declined telling him my father-in-law was coming in the morning. The boy looked at me, and turned away, seemingly disappointed. I said out to him, "I'm so sorry, I just don't have any money to pay you. I have nothing...." He turned back around and said "I'll do it for free" as a question invitation to have something to do. How could I say no? "Of course, thank you SO much," I replied to him and he went right to work. Shoveled the whole driveway all by himself. I searched my cupboards for hot cocoa to make him to keep him warm, but could not find anything. I was so grateful, and wanted to show my appreciation, but literally had no penny in my pocket or cocoa in my cupboard. He conclude and knocked on the door to let me know. I thanked him with a huge heart, said I couldn't find any cocoa to show my gratitude, and explained that my husband is very sick with cancer and cannot do this kind of work, and I really appreciated his help to clear the snow from our driveway, and gave him a huge hug. What an angel!
Now this morning (Saturday), as I was preparing to make some breakfast for Nathan, there's a knock-knock on my door. I wasn't expecting anyone and if it's Papa (Tom's dad), he just comes in. It was this little angel boy's little brother, holding a shovel, asked if we needed the snow shoveled off our driveway. I hadn't even noticed it snowed last night. I told him thank you, but no, we don't this time. A few minutes later, another knock on the door. It was angel boy. I thanked him for stopping by, but he didn't need to shovel. He said he wanted to know how my husband was doing. He put in a prayer request at his church. I remember him asking "Is he better?" I said, "Oh, thank you SO much for the prayers" and explained how serious Tom's cancer is, as Nathan came to stand next to me, and I said, "and he is our little miracle." The angel boy asked for my husband's name so he can put in more prayers. What a sweetheart!! It's not everyday a young child comes to do you a favor, and then on top of that thinks of you to ask for prayers for a complete stranger, and comes back another day to see how you are doing! I truly feel touched by an angel sent by God! How amazing!
I know, I need to get angel boy's name if he stops over again. But if we get snow while we are gone in Florida, we won't be home to answer the door. Speaking of Florida, my feet are cold. Hmmm they won't be cold like this next week, I don't think. Ok, warm again.
I need to get to bed, but keep posted next week here on the blog because I will post updates on our trip and upload pictures as well.
Thank you everyone, for all of your love, support and continued prayers. Tom has been quite under the weather the last few days, more than before, but I was able to pick up his meds from the pharmacy today, so hopefully the pain will be managed better tonight for him to get some sleep.
Love,
Roxanne
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