Today...the kids went along with Daddy to Walmart to get a new car battery...after the car battery died...completely after Jude left the light on to search for a baseball in the car (it's 6 years old- the car battery...not the baseball, or Jude).
so, anyway....
Before they left, Zoey brought along a new journal and pen she just got from Grandpa, (to celebrate Eeyore's birthday- it's an Austin, TX thing. :) ).
Journal: ahhhhh....the crested Caracara. :)
She loves birds...soooo......
and yes, it is taking a bit to develop the story and scene....so thanks for hanging with me.....
and so....anyway....
at Walmart....they made a few stops...car battery....household cleaners....baseball..toy area....and then they headed to grab some lunch....at a shwarma place.
Zoey brought her journal into Walmart....and you can probably see where this is going.....
after lunch, she realized that she set her journal down somewhere in Walmart.....and so....back to Walmart they went....retracing steps...looking. and nothing. no journal found.
and they came home.
When Zoey walked into the house, she had a new pink baseball glove....and her face was red from crying. She was excited to tell me about her new glove...and then just...burst into tears and said that she lost the journal that she just got today......crying....and devastated....I was hugging her and for some reason...
I felt....something different. Usually as a parent... I take that opportunity to tell her about how maybe that's a good lesson....that....we shouldn't bring stuff like that into stores where we can lose them....(you, know...that kind of...sh#t happens type of lesson that kind of sucks ass).
I don't know....something was different...and I felt an overwhelming calmness take over....and I said....
we're gonna go find it.
because....I believed that we were...and I knew that we were....I knew it and for some reason...I was kind of....guided to just....I needed to do this...for her.....that this kind of lesson was important today.
through tears....she asked me, "Promise?"
and I said. "yes, I promise, because we will find it. :) " and because...I really didn't see any other option....all I knew was that....we would find this journal. It meant so much to her...
it wasn't like...."wow, I hope we find it let's go try, but there's a chance we won't find it."
It was..."we are going to find it...so let's go get it." there's a big difference there....
one is....hope with doubt...
one is just belief and confidence.....with no room for anything else. and that's what I had..
After I grabbed some lunch....because I was starving....we left.
and I just...kinda knew.....yes, in Walmart....crazy on a Saturday....I was going to find that journal.
and I asked for help. :) as we walked into the store, I put out a request for help....because....that's what you do when you lose stuff.....you grab your team....and get their help...and I'm not talking about Walmart workers....I'm talking, you know...the heavy hitters. you know what I mean.
She walked me through the store, where they stopped, what they did....we looked around...and I kept going back to the car battery area.....for some reason....I kinda just felt that's where I'd find it...
and I asked a couple of workers....if they had seen a journal....with a bird on it... and as I talked to one older gentleman who is normally in Hardware, if he had seen it.....something pulled me to glance at a shelf next to us...
there..it....was.
found. BAM.
We walked out of there.....pretty happy....and I told her I'd take her to Starbucks because I needed to grab a new french press...and I'd get her a treat.... :)
We got to Starbucks....and a couple of firemen let us go ahead of them....which was sweet.
and I recognized a girl who works there.....we chat sometimes, but I never knew her name....and I glanced at her name tag to see what it was....
and....
voila.
awesome. ha! :)
and while I was at it....I bought the firemen their coffee....and chatted about their Fire Station...and they invited us to pop over any time and check it out....
and we went out to see the truck....we always go see the trucks when they're parked around our neighborhood...at the grocery store and what not....my kids are very familiar with fire trucks...
and Zoey and I talked....
about believing things.....about believing.....that you will find something....and having trust.....
that things aren't really lost....
that things can be found....
and believing is important.
and I wanted to show her something today.....that you can....when you believe.
you can.
peace....and love....and believing....oh, and Gabriel. :)
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