Isn't it amazing how all things are strung together by Spirit. Remember the Starbucks gift card that I recieved from a mother named Jamie as my son had his sidewalk roll down. Well for some reason I felt like it hadn't ever been the right time to use it. I had a few coffee's since then, but it never felt "right" to use the card. Sunday was the day that I tried to use my gift card at Barnes and Nobles Starbucks. They declined using it because they apparently do not concider themselves Starbucks (boo). So I paid cash for my childrens cookie and my husband and I's coffee. As my family was leaving Barnes I noticed a man looking run down and digging in the garbage. After we got the kids in the car and I "read" him I hopped out and told him that if he was hungry I had this card for him. He was taken aback and deeply grateful. He told me his name was Richard and I told him mine. I reached out and touched his arm and said that I was glad to know him. It was about to rain as we said our good-byes and I turned to get in the car. I was amused at the gift of the moment. I was handed a gift card that was a gift for someone in my future. She gave me a gift and I in return gave him one. Isn't it beautiful how we are all connected.
On a side note; also in Barnes that day; I was coming around the corner to look at a book and when I turned to go back to the Kids area - there she was, my friend Sarah was kneeling looking at a book. She had called me a few times earlier that week and I hadn't called her back yet. Out of all the places to be and times to be there, we crossed right in front of eachother....
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