♥ Happy Spirit Day! ♥

Well, we were all ready to rent our rental house to a group of 3 couples. They were in their early 20s. The guys all worked full time and the girls were all in school. While we were waiting for them to call and say they’d take it, we got another call about it.

Mike was a little uncomfortable with the idea of having six young people living in our house anyway. Kids in their twenties aren’t known for being irresponsible partiers for no reason. I’m pretty laid back and was ready to go wherever the flow told me to in spite of his worrying. As it turned out, the flow was sending us somewhere else.

I got a call from a housing corporation. They’re working in conjunction with an insurance company to find temporary housing for a woman and her two teen aged children because their house burned down and they’re living in a motel room.

My heart immediately went out to this woman. I met with her to show her the house and found out that, just over a year ago, masked men walked into her home in the wee morning hours and shot and killed her husband right in front of her and her kids. Then, over the past year she’s had to have multiple surgeries on her ankle. Now her house has burned down.  This woman has had one rough year.

It has become very important to me to help this woman any way I can. I went out of my way to have the water turned on in the house. It’s her responsibility, but if I did it, it would go on immediately. She’d have had to wait til this coming week when she has the signed rental agreement. So it was easier and faster for me to do it for her.

I also went back over to the house yesterday to open the door for the furniture rental company so they could get in and furnish the house for her. Our standard procedure is to not allow access until the lease is signed and money has been exchanged, but this poor woman is living in a motel. I feel that anything I can do to help her get moved out of there and into a real home is unique unto me and it’s up to me to share this caring and empathy with her and her family.

I have to go back over there at 8am Monday morning to be there so they can turn her gas on. The lease takes effect Monday so once I let them in to turn the gas on, I should be able to turn over the keys so she can move what few things she still has, into her new temporary home.

I feel so grateful that I’m able to help this woman so much. I even have a TON of leftover yard sale stuff from last month’s yard sale. All the womens clothes I have are HER size, if you can believe that!! I told her I’d bring them all over for her. She can keep and wear what she wants and give or throw away the rest.

The furniture rental company REALLY hooked her up. She even has dishes and sheets and towels. What they DON’T have, however, is simple things like cleaning supplies, toilet paper, feminine products (both teens are girls too), laundry soap, dish soap, cooking utensils, soap and shampoo, etc…

I want to appeal to my readers for help and I’m going to think positive thoughts and expect the best. I’d like to take a collection to help them get these stupid little household things that they don’t have yet.

If only 20 people read this and donate a simple $2, that’d be $40 in household supplies. That’s not a ton, but she doesn’t need too much and just $40 would help her tremendously. I intend to MATCH every donation received so dig deep, be generous and help me go broke please! Let this be your random act of kindness for the week. I can tell you that no one would appreciate it more than this woman.

Thank you all for your attention and empathy.

I hope you all have a wonderful week!!

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