Christmas Miracle(s)

I have a small confession to make. 2009 has not been my favorite year. This year has really tested me and a have failed most of those tests. There has been a lot of crying and why me’s and just pure numbness. often, I have allowed our trials to overshadow the joys of this year. it always seemed like just as things were turning around, we’d get slammed with something new.

Now as I sit here, all I think think is how blessed we have been. We have had a handful of miracles in just a few short weeks that make me want to shout for joy! I honestly didn’t know how we would do Christmas this year and I really wondered how it was going to happen. On top of that, our car was having trouble, we had a antifreeze leak and it was apparent that there was something wrong with the heater coil. Basically, everywhere we went we left a funky rainbow spot and we couldn’t use our heater without the smell of burnt celery filling our car. ElRey was researching the part we would need to fix the leak and guess what, they didn’t make it anymore. We didn’t know what we were going to do. ElRey, being the mechanical genius he is, came up with a way to fix the leak. It took a few tries but it cost very little.

We still had the problem of having no heater and it was going to probably cost us $60-100 to get that fixed and we didn’t have it. In the process of trying to figure something out, the problem suddenly fixed itself. The heater started working without the celery smell. The problem simply went away! We are still in awe and very grateful!

We still had the problem of what are we going to do about Christmas. We had no extra money to make that happen this year. I feel like a fail my kids quite often and this was just an epic fail and it was killing me! Then around Thanksgiving, ElRey’s work gave us  a gift card to Walmart. The next pay check, another! I had enough that I could do at least something, it may not be big but there would be something under the tree! We even got sent another gift card in the mail from a secret angel! I have no idea who from but I was deeply touched by their anonymous kindness! The last big thing was ElRey got a generous Christmas bonus from work that we weren’t expecting (but hoping) to receive!

I hesitated even writing this because it seems to be all about money. But that seems to be our trial right now. We have healthy kids, happy marriage and friends and family all around us but money seems to be our big problem. This isn’t about the money, it’s about the kindness of God. He shows is in so many seemingly small ways that He loves us and is watching out for us. These have been gifts from heaven in a time they were very needed. I feel like this was something I needed to put out there to show gratitude and recognition of what has been given. I feel so blessed in my life and my heart is so full and I want to revel in it and share it with others!

On top of all this, my family is all living within a 20 mile radius and we haven’t had us all together like this in over 10 years! I also have some of the kindest, supportive and loving friends anyone could ever have! Some have moved or are moving but even though we are more than minutes apart, I know we will always have each other! I don’t know how I have been so lucky to have the these awesome people grace my life!

Okay, so my last miracle I will share, then I’ll quit crying and go finally take a shower! I passed math! Now, if that doesn’t prove to you that God exist, nothing will! My final grades were: C+(okay, so we can’t all be math geniuses!) and two A’s. Oh, that’s another thing! I took this Exercise Physiology class which is a biology credit, only to find out I took the wrong one and it didn’t count half way through the semester! Grrr….well, I appealed to have it count for my bio credit because the thought of actually taking a biology class makes me ill an they gave it to me! They are letting it count for my biology credit! If I can work out some transfer credits, I will graduate with my Associates Degree at the end of spring semester! Miracle indeed!

Yes, God treats me good!