I have a confession to make. I have not always have had the comfort of a bed to sleep in, not even a couch. In fact, there was a time when my children and I went months sleeping on the hard floor.
It was one of the rougher periods our life as a family. I was a single mother working full time but still could often not make ends meet with my two growing children. For months we laid on the floor of my parent's living room because that was the only room in their house and I could not afford beds for us. So, every night I unrolled a comforter, put it on the floor with a pillow for the kids to share and that is how we slept.
That is, we slept that way until one Christmas eve. The kid's and I had gone out somewhere, maybe Christmas light looking. When we got home the house was dark with the exception of candles my Mother had lit. We walked inside the house and there, right there in the living room, was the most gorgeous bed I had ever seen. If that was not enough, right next to it was a bunk bed for my kids.
I literally cried when I saw them and my kids giggled and claimed a bed for their own. The gift was from friends I had been working with as a volunteer youth minister. They had pulled their money together and bought us this precious gift. It was a beautiful thing they did for us.
I had that bed for several years until it finally fell apart. Of course the kids outgrew their bed but the memory of that night was forever etched it our minds. I was never so grateful than the comfort of my own bed as I am to this day.
Peace...
~Naila Moon
Today over at Beth's meme of Top 10, she asks us to list those things we wished we could give to others if we absolutely could. I really had to think a moment about this...not too long, but a moment. What would I give or wish for another.
1. I would want to give my daughter a new baby to call her own. She lost a baby 3 years ago and has wanted one ever since.
2. I would also give my daughter a huge plot of land and a huge home to build the orphanage she has always wanted to have. She has always wanted to have a place where children without parents could come and live together in a loving home.
3. I would give every child that does not have a place to call home or parents to love them, my daughter to be their Mother.
Children's International
Child Fund
Compassion International
Adopt Us Kids
4. I would give my son a house for him and his family that is large and debt free for him, so he would no longer have to struggle and worry about a place to live.
5. I would give unlimited funding to both my children so they never had to worry about a place to live or getting things paid.
6. I would give my hubby a dream job so that he could support us and be able to feel whole again.
7. I would set up a trust fund for my Grand-baby to go to college on.
8. I do wish that I could bring back my Dad and my Grandma just so that all of us could be with them for a little longer. I know this is not something within my actual grasp but this is truly heavy on my heart these last few day. I suppose along this lines then, I would want to make my Mother's Christmas as beautiful as possible so she can get through this.
9. I would give my hubby and my daughter-in-law driver's license and a brand new car to go with it.
10. I would find the cures for all diseases of the world. My nephew would never have to suffer from leukemia again or my friends and family suffer from cancer.
Peace...Naila Moon
