I went to a ladies' tea at our church this morning. A friend who battled cancer last year and three days before she found out that she was cancer-free had her house burn completely to the ground was the guest speaker. She moved me to tears because our stories in so many ways have been parallel for the last 12 months.
Anyway, I have been trying to put together pictures that I have from her lost photo albums as I did graduation presentations for her two oldest children and have many other shots of the family at different occaisions. However, with DH having to change jobs 3 times in one year and our border leaving soon, money was tight and I had no idea how I was going to get the 100+ pictures developed.
At the tea I won a door prize and saw a certificate for 50 digital prints at a local photo store. I grabbed it immediately thinking I was half way there. I later told the organizer of the tea how blessed I was to find this to help out my friend. She walked over to the prize table grabbed another envelope with an identical certificate and said with a smile, "here, now you are doubly blessed". I don't know what came first the smile or the tears of joy.