Monday, December 21, 2009

Angels Among Us

I can not begin to tell you all how blessed my little family has been in the past few months. We have been struggling financially, like everyone it seems, and I have been so worried about how my kids Christmas wasn't going to be as Merry as I would love for it to be.

I know that Christmas is not about the gifts, and my kids know that, too. But they also deserve to get the things they want, because they go without all year long, because most times we can not afford to get them the things they want. Did that just make sense?

Anyway, I have been pinching pennies, and the kids had gifts for Christmas morning. Not a lot, but enough. Then this afternoon, as Junior was getting ready to leave work, he found a card in his locker. It was addressed to "the wylie kids" and was from "santa". Inside the card was a $50 visa gift card. He has no idea who left it for us, but I am in awe of the generosity of whoever it is. It warms my heart to know that someone else wants my kids to have a good Christmas. I wrote a thank you card to all the workers at his store, because on top of the gift card, the store collected money to help us with our bills. When I say that we have been blessed, I mean, we have been really blessed, and I can not wait until we can do something to give back to those who gave to us. My heart is overflowing right now, and I hope someday I can give someone else this feeling.

3 comments:

Miranda said...

What a lovely surprise. There really is a santa!

Jenera said...

That is fabulous! I've had that happen once before and it really touches your heart when someone does something so wonderful for another person

Storm, The Psychotic Housewife said...

Awww - that was sweet of them! That's wonderful!