Giving

Journey and I just got back from Walmart. It was a madhouse. We grabbed what we needed, expecting to be in and out, and stood in line. The lady behind us was with her daughter. They were buying brownies for a school party tomorrow. We were chatting and they asked me about Journey. There was a delay ahead of us, and come to find out the checkout registers crashed while we were waiting in line and they could only run cash or check. Lucky for me this was one of the only times I actually had come in intending to pay with cash!

The lady made the comment that she didn’t have any cash, only credit when the store manager started making the announcement that they couldn’t run cards. She told her daughter they’d have to put the brownies back and not get them, and the girl was obviously sad.

So I offered to pay for them! This got a big smile from them both and the cashier too. We walked out to the parking lot together and I told them more about Journey’s job and about Ember, and it turns out the mother is a teacher at a local school and asked if I would be willing to come give a presentation to the kids if they could get the okay for it. So I gave them a card and my contact info, and we’ll see what happens.

Either way, days were made brighter. I wished them a merry Christmas and happy new year and off we went.

OMFG!!!!

BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT EVER!!!!! I found my dad!!! Or, he found me! I’m too elated right now to think straight and crying happy tears. I have been trying for YEARS to get in touch with him, I haven’t seen him since I was a little kid and lost contact years ago, and was afraid I’d never find him after Katrina since we no longer live where we used to.

I have searched online for years for him and never could find him. I even sent a letter to an address I thought he may have lived at, but it was returned to me as “undeliverable”. I was thinking just a few days ago about doing one of those things you see where people make posters and hope the internet can help find loved ones. Or asking anyone in Arizona if they could try and go to the address I had and see if it was there, sort of wishful thinking. And he just messaged me tonight!!