Just What I Needed

I was having a bit of a quiet and sad day yesterday, for no in particular reason just one of those days. I had spent some time writing letters and hanging out with Tom (my brother in law) and my mother in law, and then went into town to meet a friend for coffee and meet with a lady for our business. It was just an average day...

I came in the house later that night and was starting to cook dinner for Sam and I. My mother in law was telling me all the things she had bought for our Thanksgiving dinner. Thanksgiving has turned into a lot of fun for everyone. Tom is calling it Pre Christmas, to which I always remind him...it's Thanksgiving :)

And Sam even caught his parents looking up "Thanksgiving" on wikipedia because I told the family I will be making them play "Thanksgiving Trivia." Reality is though, that I didn't know half the answers to these trivia questions I found on line. I giggled when Sam told me they were looking up Thanksgiving. I love that my in laws have fully embraced me and my craziness.

After my mother in law had told me all the food she had bought she slipped in, "and I bought you a dress." I didn't quite catch it at first. She said it like she was telling me she had just done the dishes. I asked her what she had bought and she smiled and said, "Rosie and I saw a dress that looked like you that we thought you might like." I was so happy I almost started crying. I needed that little gesture. It made me feel so loved and so special, that while she was out she saw it and bought it for me. My mom does things like that, but it's "your mom" and that's what moms do. To have them see something and get it for me just meant so much. Then when they showed me the dress I felt even more known! It was so cute and like something I would pick out. Again, my mom had picked up these cute sun dresses that I loved, but my mom knows me and knows what I like, so to have a new mother in law do it was just sweet, thoughtful and made me feel very loved. And on top of it she thought the dress would be too big but bought it anyway because she could just stitch it up to fit me. :) I have married into a family that sews and makes the cutest clothes...lucky me :)

I am a pretty lucky girl and have the best in laws in the world! Sam and I feel so fortunate to have two sets of such loving and supportive parents!

Here is the dress....
(And the house in the back is the main house)




I have been amazed over and over here how God has faithfully done more than just the "big stuff" for me and us. It is in these little gestures that I see God's goodness and God's gracious care. It has been such a journey to get here and another journey just being here, but what an amazing story of not only God's love and provision, the love a such loving husband (and his family), but also a reminder in that God is so in love with us and loves to do little things just to make us smile.