There was a time many years ago when Studly Doright and I found ourselves in dire financial straits. He’d been laid off from his job at a natural gas plant, and the small business we’d sunk all of his severance pay into wasn’t making enough money to support our little family.
We held things together, barely, thanks to Studly’s ability to juggle our finances, but there was never money for extras. And, heaven forbid that one of us get sick. Thank goodness we were all healthy and that Studly had the ability to handle just about any emergency.
One Easter things were particularly tough. The kids needed Easter clothes and there was no money for that. A local kids’ clothing shop had a drawing and I, who have never won a darned thing in my life, entered and then forgot all about it.
Lo and behold, I won that contest. I can’t remember the details, but the amount of the prize was exactly enough to buy two outfits, one for each of our kids. Looking back, I’m almost certain that one of the owners of the shop made sure that I won.
Times are a great deal easier for us now, but that Easter holds a special place in my heart, thanks to the angel that made it possible.
Peace, people.
Praying for Eyebrowz 
Love this sweet story.
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Thanks, Flo!
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A lovely story
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Thank you!
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What a great story. It warms my heart to think that your “win” may have been nudged a bit.
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At the time, I didn’t think about it. I was just glad I could get the kids something nice for Easter. But over the years I connected some dots and came to believe it was orchestrated so I’d win. Small town life.
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I’ve juggled finances so many times in the past I could probably find work in a circus. Fortunately, like you, those days are firmly in the rearview mirror now.
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I sure hope so. Retirement is scary. My husband worked for ENRON, so we lost every bit of his retirement. He’s made some smart choices since then, but it’s still not the retirement we were looking at back in the day.
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Oh, man. That’s unfortunate.
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Hey, we were fortunate that he was still relative young when Enron went down, a lot of his coworkers weren’t so lucky.
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Excellent point!
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