January 16th~

Mel:


It's Saturday...I love to stay home and wear pajamas and have piles of blankets surrounding me. Even though it's warmer outside, there is still snow and snow makes me want to stay cozy. I had been thinking all morning about what to do today. I think weekends will create more thought and creativity. Although being kind to my family or finding a way to bless them sounds like a great idea too. Today I had been thinking about my next door neighbor all day. There are three houses on my street. We are right in the middle. The neighbor that came to mind, I have never met. We've been in this new house for about 8 months and sadly I have never met her. I use to wave at her husband who sat in a swing out in their yard the first month we moved here. One day we saw lots of cars at their place and then I never saw him in the swing again. A few months ago the kids came home from school and told me that they met the older woman who lives next door. She stopped her car to talk to them while they were waiting for the bus. She told them that she was so sorry she hasn't stopped by but her husband passed away and she just hasn't been getting out much. The kids said she was really nice to them. I felt like I should go meet her...I didn't. I stink... I couldn't think of a reason to go by and all I kept thinking was, would I be bothering her? Then, it just vanished from my mind, until today. I wanted to bring her something like cookies or a pie or something so I just didn't show up, just me, weirding her out. Well...so, when I went to our mailbox(we have a community mailbox down the road a ways)there was a package in my mailbox..addressed to her! That has never happened before. I couldn't believe it...I was taking the kids and meeting Nate at the movies, so my plan was to hand deliver it on the way home. We stopped by the grocery store for some snacks and goodies and I picked up a slice of chocolate cake for her...drove home and stopped in front of her house...ran up, totally excited at how this was all playing out..knocked on the door...waited..rang the doorbell...waited. Well.....she wasn't home! Oh man..haha. Reminded me of a saying that one of the residents told me once at the nursing home I work at, when I helped her excitedly open this tiny box that she thought was a present(it was empty)with something wonderful inside..."Well, ya know... sometimes it just goes that way." And that's the truth...I have her package and cake sitting on the kitchen counter. I will hand deliver this and hopefully meet my neighbor in the morning. Maybe she likes a little chocolate cake with her morning coffee? : ) To be continued....