I have a wonderful story of what happened to me today.
I was at Wal Mart waiting for my husband because I was supposed to meet him. I got there about 10am and I waited. After waiting for a while I started to get worried. By that time my kids were getting frustrated, as was I, and I had given my two oldest a toy to play with. Well, thinking something bad might have happened, I decided that I should go home and check the answering machine and the kids would not be upset. I took the toys away and my daughter started to have a tantrum because she didn't want to go and she wanted the toy. When my daughter threw the water bottle I had in the cart I was about to lose it, then a woman walked up and asked if she could help in any way. I started to stutter on my answer because I was flustered. Seeing that, she then started talking to my daughter to calm her down and convinced my daughter to put her coat on. The woman ask what my situation was. I told her I was waiting for my husband because he was coming to cash his paycheck then we were going to go shopping, but he hadn't come yet and I was getting worried. I asked her the time and it was 11am. I knew my kids were hungry. Then she offered her cell phone to me to call the house to see if he was there since he doesn't have a cell. She had full bars which is very rare for being in Wal Mart. I called and no one answered. Then she offered to by me groceries and help me to my car saying she knows how it is because she has 10 children and she remembered it being hard with young kids like mine. I said that I really didn't want to put her out. My daughter kept saying that she wanted to ride those coin cars and the woman give her $.50. I kept thanking her the whole time. I was embarrassed and still worried. So we went our separate ways and after riding the coin car we went outside to our car. As I was loading the kids in, I heard someone say that they saw me getting into the car and decided to help. It was the woman again. During our conversation in the store we talked about the kids being hungry and did offer to buy them food. I had declined. Well, after helping me load the car she handed me a $20 bill and told me to buy them something to eat on the way home. I'm getting teary-eyed just writing this. I started to tear up and I thanked her. She said, "No problem. I'm just passing goodness along." Then she told me "God bless" and I said the same to her.
I truly believe that God sent her to me because He knew I needed her at that exact moment. I didn't ask her name and I should have. I've heard of stories where people say that someone has helped them in their time of need and when they went back to thank them properly, it's like they were never there. Basically an angel. I think that may have happened to me or it was someone who was just doing God's Will. I pray she knows how much she helped me and how truly thankful I was and am that God sent her to me.
