While I was waiting for Audra and Will after school yesterday I was standing next to some of the moms from Will's baseball team. They were talking about a 5k run that one of them was in charge of. After a while they noticed my blank expression and explained, "It's a run we do every year to benefit a local charity. Our Pine Run neighborhood has a team."
After listening to them a little longer I asked, "Did you say that the charity is ASK?"
"Yes. It's an organization that helps families who have a child with cancer."
I said, "I know what it is." Then I added very softly so that only the mom right next to me heard, "We go there once a week." (They host the support group Audra and I go to.)
She looked at me, "You go there?"
"Yes. I had a daughter die of cancer."
"Oh, you must know Amy then. She lives in our neighborhood and she works for ASK. Her son is a cancer survivor."
"No. I haven't met her."
(I didn't know anyone in our new neighborhood had a child with cancer. I didn't know that our neighborhood had a team that supports an organization that helps cancer families. I didn't know I would find a place like Ally's House here in Richmond.)
"Would you like to be a part of the race?"
"Yes. I would."
Yea! That's a great story Marlo...Isn't God good.... :) So glad you are going to get to be a part of the run!!
ReplyDeleteI love how God works.
ReplyDeleteGod goes before us!
ReplyDeleteLove it, Marlo!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteVERY cool!!!
ReplyDeletefor those who believe in coincidences. For the rest of us...
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