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Life is a Magic Thing, Woah.
assembled @ 9:18 a.m. on 2005-11-18

Life is interesting, isn�t it? It really doesn�t matter what�s going on around me, the circumstances of my life. I mean, it does �matter�, to some small extent, but problems can�t keep me from being happy unless I let them. Like now. My van is dead again, and with the mileage on it, it�s really not likely to be reliable ever again, even if we do get it fixed. I am, officially, looking for a new (to me) car. This, one might say, could be a tad stressful, but instead, I have had an amazing week. Sunday, I was invited to sing at a wedding this Thursday (last night). Short notice, but no problem, plus I got paid more than I thought I would. How did I get there, you might ask? Well, I have made a new friend, who I will call Jewels, and who is obviously an angel. Seriously, this is the most generous woman I think I have ever met, and I have met a lot of giving people. (Aren�t I lucky?) Jewels feeds us, watches my kids and lets me borrow her husband�s new car so that I can keep my promise to sing at the wedding. When we met, we became friends immediately, and both of us feel like we�ve known each other forever. So, a miracle. Also, my coworker, for whom I do not yet have a pseudonym, bought my daughter clothes for picture day. I had to bring the kids in to work with me for a short time on Monday morning, because the car broke down abut a half-mile away from work, and Pearl helped my coworker (who really needs a pseudonym) clean her boss� office, and she also typed a whole page on the old typewriter that hangs around here. The lady kept Pearl busy, for which I am grateful, and then, got her clothes. I work with the nicest people ever.

Have I mentioned that I love my job?

More miracles? Well, having no money for lunch this week, and not much to take from home, I thought I would go hungry. But no, not at my workplace. There was a free, and extensive, employee appreciation breakfast. And then a huge Thanksgiving Luncheon. Today, there will be a baby shower with food. I will not starve, and I can leave the food at home for the kids.

What else has happened, you ask? My husband has �taken to heart� some things I was saying about the housework, and has taken it upon himself to, on his days off, not only cook dinner, but to cook a double amount so that I don�t have to cook dinner the rest of the week. And have I mentioned how sexy he is? Damn, a cooking man is HOT. A bald, goateed cooking man is even hotter.

Pardon me; I drifted for a moment there.

I credit all these miracles to prayer, seriously. I know I only mention my spirituality occasionally on this page, though I�ve been sharing more and more. I�ve always had an aversion to conversations that were too�. Holy rollerish. I don�t like people trying to �save� me. So when I�ve been tempted to share, I�ve been very sensitive to that. I don�t want to look like one of those people. Really, all I want is to share this awesome, joyful, connection with Spirit, which is a great thing, especially when I remember to be connected.

What I did a few days ago was something that my pastor talked about at church on Sunday, and that is to make a written covenant with God (Goddess, Spirit, Universe, whatever you choose to call it. The name is not the important thing.) I wrote on one side of the page, in detail, what I am asking for, and on the other side, what I was going to give in return. I�ve been keeping my promise for just two days, and countless miracles (besides the few I�ve listed here) have occurred. I love having confirmation of my belief that life is a magic thing. Hm. Wasn�t that a song?

Anyway, I am going to post this now, before I lose my nerve for sharing, May you all have at least as many miracles as I do.

--N

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