[/caption]A couple of weeks ago we were waiting to get Ellie's blood draw at the hospital. I looked up and spotted one of Ellie's classmates, Sade. She had just had a blood draw and was with 2 adults. Sade immediately started telling us how incredibly horrible the blood draw had been. The women with Sade explained that when Sade was offered a prize after her blood draw, she asked if she might also pick a prize for her classmate who had just recently been released from the hospital. That classmate just happened to be Ellie and we just happened to be waiting right at the exact moment that they were leaving. The toy she picked for Ellie is a stuffed animal moose named, "Chocolate". My Aunt Linda sent the same exact moose to Ellie during her first round of chemo, 5 years ago. Linda explained that Chocolate was referred to as "The Moose of Courage", many women took Chocolate to their chemo appointments to give them courage throughout the whole process. Can you imagine what kind of magic had to happen that day for us to be there at the exact time Sade was there and for Sade to pick the Moose of Courage for Ellie without even being aware that it was known as The Moose of Courage? Amazing.
Speaking of Aunt Linda. She just sent us 3 boxes of crayons she has been collecting from the elementary schools of Culpeper, Virginia where she lives. Imagine our surprise and delight at finding THREE heavy boxes of crayons on our front porch fully packed with crayons? Now we have no worries about running out crayons for the rest of the year of chemo!!
Both of these stories just reminded me that kindness constantly surrounds us.
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