Mississippi or Bust---A BIG THANK YOU!!!

Ever want to see two grown ups crying like a bunch of babies?? Well, you should have been at our house about 30 minutes ago. I was working and heard a knock on the door but by the time I got there, no one was there. I thought I had been the victim of a cruel game of ding-dong-ditch, however when Ty opened the door what to our wondering eyes should appear but a bag full of goodies with this sign:



We were sort of laughing about it at first. The first few items were a little humorous: a roll of paper towels that had a sign on them that read, "To clean up after Ty" (from someone who obvioulsy knows us well!) some bottled waters that said, "to keep hydrated" pretzels that were labeled: "This bag contains all the essentials for a Christmas Road Trip" a 6 pack of TP that was labeled:"because you know how those truck stop and rest area bathrooms are!" It didn't take long for our laughter to turn to tears, not of sadness but of utter happiness as with each item we pulled out we realized this was a gift from someone who loves us very much and who knows us well. We pulled out a CD on tape that was labeled: "To help pass the time" and a box of kleenex that said, "for the teary ride home." We were already bawling at this point when at the bottom of the bag we found an enevelope marked "Gas Money". Obviously someone wanted to remain anonomyous in their gift and I want to respect that, but there are a few items in there that kind of give it away (or so we think): the Propels, the Arrowhead waters, the book on CD and last but not least the PRINGLES!!! I respect your wish to do this anonomyously but I wanted to say a big THANK YOU! You are an angel and we love and pray that you and your family will always be blessed with whatever you need in life. Your gift has inspired me to reach out and help others instead of wallowing in my own self pity. Please know you have made a Christmas wish come true because up until tonight I had my doubts as to how we were going to pull this off.

I usually don't share sacred experiences on an open forum, but I just wanted to express how much of a miracle this was for me personally. On Sunday, I was having a rough time. I had been contracting a lot of the morning starting at around 8:00. At about 9:30 I asked Ty to give me a Priesthood Blessing. In the blessing he told me that I would be fine and the baby would be fine and that I need not worry about the trip to Mississippi, that everything would work out and be fine and we would be able to go. I hadn't expressed to him my concerns about this, but Heavenly Father knew what was troubling me so bad for the past few weeks and where my greatest source of stress was coming from. I kind of put it out of my mind until tonight. I didn't understand what the blessing meant or how it was going to come to fruition but tonight I understand. YOU (and you know who you are) are a CHRISTMAS MIRACLE. We love you more than words can express and we are grateful for your gift and your service. I don't know how to thank you adequately so please know that we are overwhelmed with gratitude to the point of tears. Thanks a million.