I had already mailed the first one off to Bethany, so I asked Twitter if anyone wanted these two freebies. Within minutes Arwen wrote back saying how much she'd love them.
The next day I went to the post office to mail them and then drove to play group. As I walked into the house, the host mom was giving away several boxes of breast milk storage bags. Being an exclusive pumper, I quickly jumped on the opportunity. This made up for my disappointing free diapers.
Earlier this week I was out walking with Megan who is due with their third in 2-3 weeks. She is busting out of her size medium maternity clothes. So I went home and packed up all my size large for her to borrow.
While I was packing I got a phone call from a different girlfriend whose 13 month old is weening off formula. She said her husband is a bit of a horder and bought too much at their last Sam's Club trip. She wanted to know if we'd like it, for free! Well, of course! We are starting to give Evie a bottle of formula a day to see how she tolerates it to determine how much longer I keep pumping.
Then today I saw on Twitter that my friend Ashley's coffee grinder broke.

When we returned home from play group this afternoon there was a box sitting on our doorstep. It wasn't the package I was expecting today.
Instead it was a gift for Evie. A gift from someone unexpected. A beautiful gift that I have been searching for just the right one to put in her room... Something we were discussing at Bible study last night...
A stunning, hand painted statue of Our Lady of Grace. Not only is she my favorite image of Mary, but I consider her Evie's patroness (Saint Genevieve was cool, but not as cool as our Blessed Mother. Obviously.)
Three times in one week I gave without hesitation or expectation and was more then abundantly blessed in return. The Lord continues to humble me!
'Like' - so awesome! God is good!
ReplyDeleteDo you know where this statue was purchased? It is stunning!
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