The Reasons Amaze Me Sometimes

I have an Aunt who always says, "the weirdest things always seem to happen to me". Honestly, she is always right....I don't know why that is, but it is true. Some of the most bizarre things do happen to me.

I debated on whether to share this with my online friends, but there is a message in this tale, so I wanted to share it with you. I mean after all, we really don't have any real secrets do we??

Last week, I told you about the bridal shower for my friends daughter, and I know you are by now tired of this tale. However, this is really amazing. I explained that I had found these sorta vintage bird candle holders at Goodwill right before the shower and I felt they would go well with the decor and add a bit of whimsy to the space, so I purchased them.

When I checked out, the lady who was running the register asked me what I was going to do with these birds. I told her they were for a shower and we continued to talk. I may have mentioned before that the people at the Goodwill I frequent know me and most of the women know I have a online blog. The manager has my blog address and I know she reads it because she always says I take the best pictures of my Goodwill finds. I know you are wondering where this is going.....


....Friday, I got an email from someone who read my blog.......I was speechless....I was angry......I was SO GLAD that I like to talk a lot...I was shocked.........here is a portion of the email.

........I know you do not know me, and I know you may not even believe me. I left the Goodwill store by my house yesterday looking for something that was important to me. I asked several employees if they had seen any white and pink doves come thru the donation drop off. One lady said she remembered them, and said she knew who purchased them, she said she had not seen you in several days. The manager gave me your blog address and said maybe there was contact information on your site.

My mother made me 6 white and pink doves for my wedding because I was the sixth child. Her initials are on the bottom of the doves (JB) I am certain that the doves you have on your page are the doves my mother made for me. They were really important to me, and my soon to be ex husband wanted to hurt me and took some of my most prized possessions to Goodwill. My mother made these for me for my wedding and she passed away 5 months later. Would you check to see if the initials are on the bottom of these doves and if they are the ones I had, can I please buy them back from you at what ever you want for them.

I felt like a brick had hit my chest when I saw these on your page. I am not a weirdo, I just am trying to get some of my things back, and hope these are mine and you don't mind giving them up.........

I have told you before, I don't believe in coincidences, things happen for a reason.

There was a reason I purchased those birds when I almost left them sitting there.

There is a reason I talk too much and tell too much to total strangers about my online habit...my blog.

There is a reason I was there that day shopping and someone asked what I was going to do with them.

There is a reason the lady was able to find me, because these without a doubt are her doves.

There is a reason that her soon to be ex husband did not succeed in losing her things that her mother made for her. ~Can you imagine?

There was a reason....I may not know it, but someone important does.

Honestly, those birds had grown on me, and if I am being honest here, I really thought I'd use them again sometime, that however was before I received that email. I will say this, she has her doves back and all it cost her was the gas to drive to her local Goodwill to pick them up from me. She only had to wait a couple of days for me to be able to make it back out to the store. And my Aunt can once again say the strangest things happen to me and that makes me smile.

That is the reason my heart sings today.....good things do happen to people sometimes and when you unexpectedly get to be a small part of that, well....it just is over the top greatness!!!