"Magical Moments" Michael and I went to bring the toys to the Sisters thrift shop and what should have been a 20 min act of kindness turned into an adventure, and a very beautiful one at that! I went to the store and there was no one there so I went to the house right next to it thinking and writing in my blog earlier that I thought the Nuns lived there, well they don't a boy/teenager came to the door and told me in broken English that they were over there and he pointed to his left, I looked up and through the trees saw an amazing sight; one that I never saw before, maybe because I was unable to see the last time I was there? So Michael and I got back into the car and followed the pretty stone wall to this awesome entrance, and of course I had to take pictures; how could you not. I only had my cell phone and wished that I had my real camera because things just got better and better! When we reached the top of the driveway there stood a lonely church in desperate need of love and help. And unbelievable grounds that went on forever. We walked up to the church and at the same time peered in and then looked at one another and I could swear that he felt the same thing, inside the pews were on the floor, bolts and screws every where and the only thing in one piece was the alter where the priest stands and praises our Lord. I explained everything to Michael, and he was eager to learn. I looked at him and said Michael there are many buildings on this property are you up for the challenge? Knowing in my heart what his answer would be, because he is my baby. He said "Yup, let me zip my jacket and we will find them sisters mommy, so we can give them my toys to help them build Gods home again!" We must of knocked on 20 doors and every bell, no one in sight. The first building's sign was called "Saint Theresa" a coincidence? Or is there a reason for everything? There were many signs and statues and they all were so beautiful. As we walked hand in hand the wind blowing the leaves falling I said to myself that I wish this moment would never end, it was magical and as we walked we talked about God and Michael was filled with questions and I was there to give him the right answers. I took a picture of the Virgin Mary outside of the church before we got ready to leave and saved it as wallpaper. Michael wanted to look into the windows of the church again and asked if we could come back and I was like, YES! With a huge smile because I wanted to go back there. Although we might have to ask, trespassing is another thing I had to explain...Smiling We drove on the other side to another building that was to far to walk to but looked as if it belonged, and it was filled with vans and cars, a small place; but cozy in it's own special way. I tried the first door and it was open and the second opened to a dining room and the place was decorated for Halloween and when I looked over to my left there were 4 wheelchair's and in them very cute, mentally challenged men. I said "hello" and they smiled at me, they were eating their lunch. A nurse came out and I asked her where I can find the Sisters and she said up the street they built a new house, I thanked her; smiled at the sweet souls that occupied those temporary chairs and left. I explained everything to Michael and he again was touched as I was. I almost bottomed out my Jag going through this ragged gate on this dirt road trying to find the house, I came upon a school and Michael said "Mommy I love that school can I go to it?" and I said you have a school Michael why would you want to go to this one and he said "Because I love old things, you know mommy antique, like you." God I love him! I saw a coach playing soccer with his kids in the school field and I asked him if he knew where the sisters lived because I was at the end of my road, meaning the road ended...Smiling. He told me to take a right and it was down there, oops he missed a field goal, sorry; we left. We were on a mission to get these toys to the sisters so that they could give them to the kids who didn't have anything and it has been over an hour now since we started this journey, and we were not going to give up. Not knowing the time, we finally found the new house and with it was a brand new church with so many cars in the lot, we found them! We pulled in and parked. We started to get out and my cell phone was in my jacket and fell to the ground, my hair whipping all around and Michael came over to me and said "mommy I don't think we should go in there today, it is Sunday and they might be praying, we should not interrupt them!" and then he said "I am happy that we found them, but maybe we can come back tomorrow." I looked down at my cell phone and was like oh no Andrew Michaels playdate would be there in a few mins and the time just flew by, I looked at the church and then at Michael and said 'Honey you are so smart and your right we found them and we will come back." We jumped into the car and I called Guia to see if she left her house and when I opened my phone there was the "Virgin Mary", but there were two of her, so I went to my pictures and there she was saved as one, so I shut my phone and opened again and there were still two, well one and a half so I showed Michael and asked him what he thought and explained to him that there was only one and he was like "mommy I know that!" and he then said and I will forever remember this "Mommy the big one is you and the half of one is me and god did that because we worked so hard to get the toys to the nuns so they could make money by selling my toys for cheap to the little kids so they could build his home again and that's because we believe in him so he let us know!" He was listening to everything I said on our magical walk through our little slice of heaven! Daisy |