Talking in the morning with my Sweetheart was another heavenly hug. Because he had the opportunity to stay close to his work and the temple, he had time to chat a while this morning, which is always special, and today definitely contributed to my list of heavenly hugs.
Then I got to attend the swap meet. Swap meets, garage sales and thrift stores are a bit dangerous for me. Sort of like buffet dinners are dangerous. Everything looks way too inviting. Today was mostly a series of heavenly hugs. I found every item that in the past week or so have been on my mind magically appeared at the swap meet, with a few bonus items to boot!
The first thing I saw was a scale. For many years I have had the habit of weighing myself nearly every day. Generally this has helped me to back off from overindulging when the scale inches up. But that item was not on the short list to bring out to Utah, and one did not seem like a good investment out here, because I can weigh nearly every week at the nurse's office after mission devotional on Monday. But I had thought this last Monday that it sure would be nice to have one in my apartment. I even thought of the swap meet, but dismissed the idea that another missionary would have a scale, and even if they did, would leave it behind for the swap meet. But somebody did. And nobody else had claimed it, even though I was a little late arriving! So now I have a scale to weigh on every day! Yay!
This morning while my Sweetheart and I were talking I explained that from my chair I cannot see the only clock I have which is on the range. Well, now I have a working clock that sits facing my chair. Another heavenly hug.
With the colder weather coming on I have wondered whether the coat with hood that I got at the swap meet in May was going to be warm enough, as I have no experience to judge that by. When I got to the clothes racks, there was a long wool coat [pretty elegant, too]. Back in June the sister who was in charge of the swap meet opened up the storage shed for me one weekday so I could maybe find a blanket--and I did. But I gave that blanket to the Japanese sister, since she was cold in the middle of July! Again with the temperature dropping I had thought it would be nice to have an extra blanket--and there was a lovely electric blanket today in the shed. In fact there were two--but the one I chose is so very soft to the touch. I will not use the electric feature, but the blanket itself is now in place on my bed. Two very warm and comforting heavenly hugs.
For many years I have avoided looking at shopping circulars and catalogs as a way to avoid buying things I did not really need. However, last week there was a circular from a large store I had seen, but had never entered, that had curtain panels for a really nice price. My sliding glass door has vertical blinds that are less than optimal at shutting out the light from a streetlight and another light on the apartment property. But the thought came to me that I should wait until I checked the swap meet--and sure enough, there were two insulated panels--exactly what I wanted. Another hug.
This afternoon I picked up a sister to take back to the temple with me, and several people showed us extra kindness, and I had a near-repeat of my experience at the morning session, so I felt hugged indeed.
The International Dinner turned out a bit differently than I anticipated, and I did overindulge, but I also got to bring home a turkey carcass with which to make stock, about a quart of pineapple chunks, a serving of a really nice Ukrainian dish, and a lot of lemon slices which I felt would be better to freeze than to throw away. Lots of comforting food--more hugs.
This evening, another talk with my Sweetheart was, of course, yet another hug to end my day.
As the Primary song states: "I know Heavenly Father loves me." As I typed that last sentence, I thought, "What a contrast to the message I got as a 6 year old!" as I wrote in my mission devotional talk. I am grateful to see now the hand of a loving Heavenly Father in my life.
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