My Bucket List Story

Dustin and I have been watching that show "The Buried Life" on MTV every week. Its a reality show where a few guys travel across the US completing things that are on their "Bucket List"-things they want to do before they die. As they complete things on their list, they also ask strangers what is something they would like to do before they die, and they help the stranger fulfill that dream. The show inspired us to start thinking about making our own list of things we wanted to do in this lifetime, people we'd like to see in concert, places we want to visit, etc. For instance, I'd like to learn to play guitar. We figured without making an actual list and writing things down, we would just go through life and say later "I always wanted to do that..."

On Monday night we paused the remote when it briefly showed their list of things...and one of their things was to pay for a stranger's groceries. We both thought...let's put that on our list. We thought that would be really cool to do one day.

Tuesday I was doing my "big" grocery trip to Kroger (I try to hold off going as long as I can, so when I finally go I'm there for like 1.5 hours. The thought did come up in my mind about that show, but I wasn't planning on doing it that day. I continued shopping, and I noticed that every Isle I went down, there was the same man with his 2 or 3 year old daughter(when this happens I always feel like and hope that person doesn't think I'm following them). You could tell he was doing a "big" grocery trip as well, and he had a list and all. At one point my cart was in the way and I didn't realize an elderly lady was trying to pass, and he moved it so she could get by. I thought "that was nice", but didn't think much about any of this...I'm just remembering back to all this now. Towards the end of my shopping, I didn't see him for a while. I was ready to check out, but I still needed to pick up my cake from the bakery so I put my full cart in check out lane hoping it would hold my spot while I quickly went to pick up the cake. When I came back someone had moved my cart out of the way so they could get in line. Well I didn't want to get back in that line so I went to the check out lane to the left. I was able to walk straight up...the person before me was getting ready to pay. That person was the same man and his daughter. I hear the cashier say "I'm sorry sir...need a person over to aisle 13, and they starting taking his bags out of his cart". I immediatly thought, this guy's card didn't go through! I was like "no way...is this really happening?!" The cashier starting taking his bags out of his cart to put back up. I hear the man with the daughter simply say "I'm really sorry"-not "well try this card, or I'll be back, or are you kidding me...

A rush came over me, and I couldn't believe this was happening like this! I truly believe this was no coincidence. My meds are making me a little dizzy, so the thought of "I don't want to say anything right now, and have all eyes on me etc" came through my head. Then I felt nudged to speak up. The Holy Spirit came over me, and I said quietly to the cashier "tell that man I want to buy his groceries." They told him, and he didn't know what to say or do. I knew he was probably embarrased so I said..."Oddly enough, me and my husband were talking about wanting to do this for somebody last night...so I believe I'm supposed to pay for your groceries, and I think you got in the right lane!" He didn't know what do or say, so I just swiped my card (the amount was $111.13 and the scripture on my calendar for that day Feb 16th reads Hebrews 11:11-By faith Abraham even though he was past age-and Sarah herself ws barren-was enabled to become a father because he considered himself faithful who had made the promise!!!!) and started putting my groceries on the belt. I looked up and his eyes were huge, and he mouthed slowly "thank you so much". After he left the cashier said that his card was declined and read insufficient funds. He had been at the store for atleast an hour and at one point I even saw him looking at spices, so I know how bummed he must have been to not be able to buy the groceries. The cashiers were like "we've never seen that before...I want to do that for somebody...that was awesome!" Talk about pay it foward!

When I told Dustin about what happened he said "before you tell me what happened, I want you to know that I was thinking about how we would pay for someone's groceries while I was at work today. Pretty Cool!

God puts people in your life at the right place and the right time! All things work together for the good of those that love the Lord and are called according to his purpose-Romans 8:28. It was amazing to witness all three: God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit working together as ONE to bring about the glory of God into the physical realm. I wanted to share this, b/c I wanted to encourage everyone that simple acts of kindness can have huge impacts on people for the rest of their life.

I had my sonogram today and bloodwork, and it looks like I have 15 follicles all about the same size. He said that's great. He said my lining was ok, but I would like it to be a little thicker, so please pray for that! He'll check me again on Sat, and then on Mon, and we should be having the retrieval Wed or Thurs of next week! I'll be posting updates on the History part on the left every day.