Usually when I'm feeling overwhelmed, it's not good. Typically it's because of the whole single parenting thing, sole income thing, teenage siblings thing all coming together at once, and it's not pretty! But Sunday was different, and I'm still feeling it today.
Let me start by saying, my kids' grandpa (Papa) is amazing. It's a testimony to his grandpa-ness that my 16-year-old twins still love to spend time with him and do things with him. Even nearly 10 years after the divorce, he still refers to me as his daughter-in-law and rarely declines to help us out when he can.
When I was going through the divorce, it was because of a loan from him that I was able to purchase this house, and I only have a few more months' of payments until that loan is repaid. Or I should say, "had." That's because on Sunday, he gave me his copy of the loan agreement marked "paid in full." *wow* I wasn't expecting that! But he insisted that is what he wanted to do. It wasn't a huge monthly payment, but to have it finished is a huge weight gone. Then he hands me a check. Huh? He said he is giving both sons (my ex and his brother) a check for the same amount to do with as we wish. He said he realizes one son has taken advantage of him over the years and that he wants to so something to even that out. He hopes these checks will be yearly occurences, though the amounts may vary, and he knows that with college expenses looming and increasing costs of raising kids, that this money could come in handy. No strings attached. Spend it as I please. *double wow!*
But wait! There's more.... Then he says, he is not sure if I have an updated will, medical power of attorney and living will or not, but he has arranged for all 3 of us (again, my ex and his brother) to have wills and any necessary documents drawn up at his lawyer's office, at his expense. I know he has been worried about my ex-brother-in-law's health for a while and what arrangements would be made for my nephew should something happen. And I have known that I need to update my documents considering my mother was my main decision-maker, and she passed away 3 years ago, and my brother, who is no longer speaking to me, was my back-up. So I will be soon making an appointment do that. *triple wow* And oh yeah, I'm to bring my payment book for DD's braces so he can resume those payments. *a hundred wows!*
My head was spinning and still is actually. DS can now start official driver's ed as soon as he gets the classroom part done and test for his license. I can now accelerate my debt repayment and hopefully be completely debt-free by the time school starts back in August. What a blessing Papa is to all of us. A simple thanks doesn't seem enough, but I have no idea how to begin to let him know what this means. Earlier Sunday morning in Sunday School class, our teacher said to never deny someone the blessing of giving. I pray that Papa is blessed through these gifts and that somehow we can show him the love of Christ that he is showing us.
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man i have been a slacker lately in reading. 1. i love love love groupon (did you get the one from amazon a few months ago that was buy a 20 for a 10?)
any who and congrats on all the amazing things that are happening for you.
Thank you :-) It's still hard to believe! ~~ No, I didn't get the Amazon groupon, but that would have been a great one!
yeah i was sad i could only buy 1 of the amazon giftcards. there's another cite that's citywide coupons called living social if you wanna add that too. sometimes it's stuff that's worthelss (like laser hair removal or $500 worth of pottery for $300) but every now and then you can get really good ones too.
I've heard of living social but haven't looked into it yet so will have to do that. Do you use Swagbucks to earn Amazon codes? Between those and codes I earn from surveys, I'm able to really cut down on my out-of-pocket Christmas and birthday gift spending.
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