Tender Mercies

I just wanted to write down some tender mercies that Mike and I have experienced in regards to his house.  First, I can't believe the timing they had for the estate sell.  There was one weekend we were in town and that is what was chosen.  The weekend before we were in Idaho, before that we were on our cruise, the weekend after Mike was going to be in North Carolina.  Seriously, last weekend was the only weekend that would possibly work for us.  What a tender mercy!

Another tender mercy was Mike happened to be on-call.  We had no idea he was on-call.  We thought his next one would be towards the end of the summer.  The first day back from work after the cruise was when he found out.  He was actually scheduled a different week, but one of his friends traded him.  Actually he traded him without asking.  (Which was fine.)  Turns out it was such a tender mercy.  That was when everything started happening at the house.  Mike was able to go to his house at 8 in the morning on Friday.  We had no idea we would end up being there all weekend.  There is no way we could have done everything we did if Mike wasn't on call.  Another tender mercy.

There were others and I'm sure I can't remember them all.  But the weather was great and my family was able to come at the spur of the moment.  We just feel watched over, loved and blessed.

Today we had a yummy dinner with Bubs and Ange.  We went to a Japanese steakhouse.  Or as Tage calls it, a 'cook-in-front'.  The kids had pizza at home.  That's what we call a win-win.  Except for Jorja.

Mike took a picture of this framed leaf and sent it to Sherry.  It was one of the things that came to us when Scoop and Cori first moved.  Sherry said it wasn't hers, but she thought Jessica made it.  Mike sent a picture to Lisa.  She wrote back, "Jessi made it.  I would love it!"  We dropped it off to her tonight.  I asked her where the leaf came from.  She said the leaf was just there, what Jessi made was the paper.  She made this in elementary school.  She gave it to Grandma Honey for Mother's Day one year.  How cool is that!  Sharen reframed it.  What a cool memory for Lisa.  Both her mom and her daughter have passed away - this is something that represents both of them.