Since it’s payday, I had $40 from my check to deposit in my troop support account. Friday I delivered bread and rolls, adding another $35. Today I delivered 7 loaves of bread, for another $35. All of that was pretty much “expected.” Then there’s the UNexpected…
My boss was on her way into a meeting, and stopped by my desk with a folded piece of paper with my name on it. She said “I wanted to make sure you get this before you leave, and I’ll probably still be in my meeting when you go home.” She handed me the paper and walked away. I unfolded it, and there were two $20 bills folded up inside, with a note that says “I’ve had an opportunity to spend a lot of time with my mother through all of the doctor’s appointments and surgery. I was telling her about your blog and the nice gesture the PV postmaster gave you to help with your mission to send care packages to our soldiers. She asked me to give you this $20, and she has always taught me by example, so please accept my offering, too! Love, Jenny.”
I would have given her a big hug, and one for her Mama, too, if she had not been in a closed-door meeting with the director. I had some of my “Thank you” cards in my purse, which I include with bread orders, so I put two of them on her desk. Surely she will know one is for her and one is for her mother…She won’t be in the office tomorrow, as she’s going to the doctor again with her Mom, to discuss chemo and/or radiation therapy. I guess that’s part of what makes this particular donation special to me; her Mom just discovered a little over a week ago that she has cancer, and even amidst all the doctor visits, surgery, and all the emotional ups and downs that accompany a diagnosis of cancer, she thought of our Warriors and wanted to help provide a little comfort to those so far from home.
God bless both of these ladies!
