Upside down and sideways. Amen!19:52 Dec 16 2008
Times Read: 888
Do you ever have days where you think you've awakened in Bizarro World? That some other dimension has your real life just waiting for you? Today I used a power tool and installed a toilet seat, all while wearing a skirt, heels, and a Santa hat.
*Checks job description* Oh, there it is: "and any other necessary duties." For a moment there, I was worried!
By the way, for those asking about the warehouse saga...the article ran and a gentleman with cold storage has offered us free of charge all the freezer space we need! He knew a volunteer who has recently passed. That volunteer had been a mentor to him in his life and he knew that the Center was a charity he had loved. WOW, huh? I called the volunteer's widow and left a message telling her how Jim is still helping us!
I still need the regular warehouse space for canned goods, but I know that will happen!
Today, the Center is literally bursting at the seams. We have food and gifts piled to the ceiling. People are receiving with gratitude and donors keep flocking in with blessings. I am so overwhelmed. My chest knows the pain our building feels because it is suddenly a little too small to hold my heart. Here are a few images.
I wish I could show you the kids, but I can't because of privacy...so, imagine a beautiful little brown boy of about 3 with the most intense face who came in yesterday and saw a riding car. He hopped on and his mom was about to get him to get off. But, because there is often beauty and rightness in the world, it was a toy meant for him. He never got off. He rode that car right to his own car. He has a good mom who was thankful. She followed him out to the car loaded down with more gifts. The boy's little sister toddled alongside clutching a Pretty Pony to her chest.
There is a wonderful ministry that helps people just released from prison. We filled two vehicles FULL of food for their facility today. Keep your Norman Rockwell. Keep your job descriptions that make sense. Sorry normal life, I'm happy here in my wonderful, unpredictable Bizarro World!
COMMENTS
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ThothLestat
20:11 Dec 16 2008
awesome.
you rock, you know.
birra
20:25 Dec 16 2008
Is there any question why we love you?
You give and add so much to this world, it is astounding at times.
I've said it before, this world needs more people like you.
BLOODLIFE
20:28 Dec 16 2008
You make my heart go all tingly and warm...
btw, ''a skirt, heels, and a Santa hat'' ... no top? lol
Joli
20:46 Dec 16 2008
Yep, you got me, Bloodlife. I moonlight as a Topless Mrs. Claus plumber for the holidays! ;)
BLOODLIFE
20:49 Dec 16 2008
Well that's one for the calendar .. please be October :-p
Angelus
23:08 Dec 16 2008
.. do you want to help with the dishes, on Thursday mayhap??
Irony
07:09 Dec 17 2008
The generosity of people really has brought tears to my eyes tonight. Thank you for sharing this with us:)
Beastt17
19:25 Dec 17 2008
I've had one or two days when I didn't wake up in bizarro-world. Fortunately, for those days I can go to work and little in this world is more bizarre than that. I can't imagine what it would be like to go to work and actually help people. It must provide such a wonderful feeling at the end of the day.
You didn't say where you were wearing the Santa hat but the idea of being topless provides an interesting visual for one possibility.
Lordpeace
22:38 Jan 08 2009
you are amazing some read my journal
and are glad
i read yours and am lifted up
keep going ever forward