SPECIAL DELIVERY!
FROM WHEATON WITH LOVE
I HARDLY KNOW A SOUL IN OUR NEW CITY. IN FACT, I STRUGGLED TO COME UP WITH AN EMERGENCY CONTACT FOR THE LITTLE LADY'S PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT FORM, FINALLY ASKING OUR NEW BABYSITTER TO FILL THAT EVER IMPORTANT, BUT HOPEFULLY NEVER NEEDED, ROLE. HOWEVER, OVER THE PAST MONTH I HAVE EXPERIENCED COMMUNITY ON AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT LEVEL. I HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMED BY THE AMOUNT OF ENCOURAGING NOTES, EMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES, AND PHONE CALLS I HAVE RECEIVED AFFIRMING THE FACT THAT OUR FAMILY IS LOVED, CARED FOR, THOUGHT OF, PRAYED FOR, AND SUPPORTED.
THIS WEEK, WE WERE BLESSED TO RECEIVE A PACKAGE FILLED WITH BEAUTIFULLY WRAPPED TREASURES OF LOVE. EACH LABELED WITH THE DELICATE AND STYLISH SCROLLS OF ONE WHO HAS BEEN GIFTED FROM ABOVE WITH THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS HERSELF THROUGH ART, SELFLESS LOVE AND THOUGHTFULNESS.
EXCITEDLY TEARING OPEN PACKAGES FROM AUNTIE ASHLEY (ROBBIE, ELLIE, MADDIE...AND UNCLE ROB), FRIENDS WHO HAVE BECOME OUR FAMILY AND KNOW US. OH. SO. WELL.
NEW AND EXCITING TRUCK BOOKS TO OBSESS OVER!
THE LITTLE MAN COULD NOT CONTAIN HIS EXCITEMENT, LITERALLY BENDING OVER TO GREET HIS NEW BOOK WITH A KISS.
NEW OLIVIA BOOKS TO ENCOURAGE THE LITTLE LADY'S IMAGINATION.
"I WONDER WHAT THIS IS? CAN YOU NOT BELIEVE IT, MOMMY?!"
"OH BUDDY! A NEW TRUCK BOOK FOR YOU!"
AND, A NEW GRATITUDE JOURNAL (TO ACCOMPANY MY READING OF ONE THOUSAND GIFTS, A DARE TO LIVE FULLY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE), ORGANIZATIONAL NOTEPAD, AND DECORATIVE CUPCAKE CASES FOR ME.
EACH GIFT WAS INSCRIBED WITH A LOVING NOTE TO THE RECIPIENT; WORDS WE WILL TREASURE FOR YEARS TO COME.
THANK YOU, LIVINGSTONS, FOR LOVING US THE WAY YOU DO.
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