Mother's Day

Well, I told you I would post about Mother's Day.

Usually, we don't do anything on Mother's Day but hang out together at home. No restaurant, ect. It's a day like any other except that I don't have any "chores" to do.

Now, as my husband knows, I did not marry him for his planning ability. I am the planner. I married him in big part because he has a great sense of humor, which I, have NONE.

So, when on this Mother's Day, he decided to surprise me with an outing, I was super excited! Last year for my birthday, he tried to surprise me too (to Carlo's Bake Shop) but Nathan got sick and we couldn't go. (You see where this is going, right?)

We hurried out of church (see previous post) and after all of that commotion was through, began what he explained would be an hour and a half drive. I didn't know where we were going, but I didn't care. He was surprising me! He planned this!

One half hour into the trip, we passed our house, and headed onto Route 17 M. As we were driving onto the ramp to merge onto the highway, we all heard a "clink" like a piece of metal in the road. I turn to look out my window and see a square shaped metal object flying in the air which lands on the ground. Hmmm..what was that?

Darrin looks a tiny bit concerned, but we don't pay it much mind.

As we head onto our next highway, we notice that the air-conditioning quit. Ut Oh. Then, 40 minutes away from home, the engine temperature gauge starts rising. BEEP, BEEP our van tells us in a very panicky way.

Our engine is going to fry if we don't stop the car. So we pulled into a Quick Chek, and ordered some sandwiches.

It is very soon determined that yet again, Darrin's plans would fail, and we would need to get home.

Everyone was disappointed.

Dare I ask where we were going?

http://www.walkway.org/visit-walkway/item/general-information

Whaaah! That was going to be so much fun! What beautiful sights we would see! No fair!

After we ate our sandwiches, we decided to try to head back home, slowly. We didn't get very far when the car started screaming at us again, so we pulled into the closest place we could. Darrin got out of the car, and called his cousin who is a mechanic. I got on my phone to text friends for prayer. I didn't know how we were all going to get home. Darrin raised the hood of the car, and I looked up, only to see a cross, just above the hood. Turns out we had pulled into a Catholic High School which has a cross perched high on top of the building. The way the hood was up, I could only see the cross, just above our hood.

Lately, I have been reminded to try to find the good in things, and give thanks for everything.

(1 Thessalonians 5:18)

This means that we don't have to give thanks for every turn of events in our lives, but we should cultivate a thankful spirit, giving thanks for the good things in our lives, looking for the blessings God has given us in the situation.

In this situation, I was thankful for a husband who kept calm, and a cousin on the phone trying to help. I was thankful for a DVD player that kept Nathan entertained for a little while. And, I was thankful for my husband's planning that day, because he packed a cooler of drinks with ice. He was able to put the ice where the coolant usually goes, and that got us home.

So, once again my dear husband tried to surprise me, only to have it fail. I didn't get to see the beautiful views from The Walkway, but because I chose to see the good in the situation, I did get to see some beautiful views right here in my own backyard. Really, nothing can compare.

Always making me laugh!