Apparently, I am a good writer. :) I have had several people tell me that. I never started this little glimpse into my life as a way to practice my writing skills, but it is kinda cool that people like my writing. I'm not fishing for compliments by the way. I was just shocked, surprised, and humbled that something I had written basically for myself and my own sanity has apparently been enjoyed by others and touched them as well.
When you post a request for help, people respond. I do realize that is the reason for asking for help, but sometimes I don't think I really expected others to do it. It is amazingly humbling to pull up the list of donors to our fund and see the names of people that you didn't expect to give. We did realize going in that it was a bit of a long shot attempt to raise money from our friends for our adoption, but we were awarded the opportunity and decided it couldn't hurt to ask. The list included the expected donors (our parents - thank you mom & dad and mom & dad), but there are other names on there that we didn't expect. People that I have worked with at different schools, people that I went to high school with, people that I work with in the gift shop, friends of our family, and the list goes on! It is humbling to be blessed with money from people.
When you have a garage sale, you never know who will come to purchase your "treasures". We were able to have 3 sales so far. We cleaned out the room that will be the nursery and found some treasures. My aunt gave me some clothes that she couldn't wear anymore to sell. A friend that teaches at my school was moving and gave me some things to sell and keep the money. Many people came and shopped. A friend's mom brought a carload of things for us to sell. Some people even asked if I would accept a higher price than was marked. It took me a few minutes to get what she was asking. Most people had been asking if I would take a lower price, not a higher one. It was a little confusing at first. Other random shoppers saw the sign I had made that stated all proceeds would go to our adoption fund. One lady read the sign, turned around and continued to shop. When she was finished, she told me she had to go back and find some more things since she knew what the sale was for. I have no idea who that lady was, but that was amazing and very cool. Friends are an important part of our lives. You never know how you have touched others until there is a situation where encouragement and prayers are needed. That has become overwhelmingly clear these past few months. There have been text messages, phone calls, hugs, prayers, tears, checks, and the list goes on. It is incredibly humbling to be on the receiving end of all those wonderful things.
Basically, I have figured out that life is funny and you never really know how others will respond until you say there is a need. I guess honesty is the best policy as the saying goes. Thank you for being my friends and helping in so many different ways. :)
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