Our dryer decided to quit drying clothes about 3 or 4 months ago and ever since I have either line dried them in the house or have taken them over to my parent's house and used their dryer. I tried hard not to complain, but it was getting to be a little old considering I have 2 small children and I babysit 2 more on Tuesdays and Thursdays. You can imagine the size of my laundry pile.
We thought we would have enough to get a used one, but February was an expensive month. Jack had pneumonia twice, Madison and I both had doctors visits, and I had to go to the dentist 4 times to have old fillings redone. To top it all off our insurance was supposed to cover Jack's nebulizer in full, but we later got a letter stating that they would be applying it to our deductible and we would be responsible for paying the entire bill. Thankfully we do have insurance so a lot of the above was covered. In total we paid nearly $1000. We do have money in savings to put toward paying off our car, but we hated to spend it. So I just kept drying clothes without a dryer.
I now have 3 things to be thankful for...
1.) We are all healthy again
2.) We were able to pay cash for our medical bills. We did not have to go into more debt.
3.)My dad showed up at my house yesterday with a BRAND NEW dryer in the back of his truck. Not used but NEW. He said he would be back later to install it and haul away the old one. To say the least I nearly started to cry. Especially when I found out where the money came from.
My grandmother passed away nearly 2 years ago and my dad finally got her life insurance money. He had planned to buy himself a four wheeler to go hunting with, but instead he decided to pay off his credit card (this is a huge step for him), buy me a dryer, and put the rest in savings. So my grandmother sort of bought be a dryer. It was so nice to see such a selfless act. It makes me want to do something for someone else.
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3 comments:
that's wonderful! God is sooo good. your story really touched me and it's abut a seeminly silly thing like a dryer. but it really says something about the love we should have for one another and how God alwyas provides the Lamb. Amen!
Isn't it wonderful when things work out! God always provides what we need!
My Husband's grandmother's estate helped pay for part of our honeymoon after we were married. It was so wonderful to be blessed by her even after she was gone! It made me realize how much she cared for us during her life on earth!
God Bless.
Amanda
After getting off to a rough start this morning, I really needed a "feel good" story! Your story gave me goose bumps. Now, instead of focusing on the negative, I'm going to "restart" my morning thinking about the good. Thank you for sharing.
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