The Garage Sale

Wow! What an amazing collections of items we had in our back lot this morning. I am so thankful for all of the people that took the time out to sort through their homes to uncover treasures for our sale. It was a tremendous turn out and while we were warned about getting our hopes up, they were far exceeded. We made over $400.00 and Garrett is doing it again tomorrow! Yeah!
I felt totally out of the loop all day. I was at work, which is unpredictable and fun, but my head was at home, wishing that I could help out in some way. For those of you that know me, you also know that I have major control issues with things too, so that is always a challenge to try to reign in. :P What a gift to have so many wonderful people remind me that the world will not fall apart if I trust it to those that love me.
I must give thanks when it is due and to my tremendously supportive mother, neice, Emily, and friend, Linda, thank you a million times over for taking the drive, the time, and the muscle strength it took to help out all day.
Bob, Barb, Sarah, Andy, Mike, Becky and Tim, thank you for the tables, we used them all.
There were so many of my "2nd homes" that helped out too. Thank you to all the "Purple ladies", I look forward to announcing some exciting news in the months to come! :)
Finally, my friends at work. Dottie and Martha, what a great support you have both been throughout this process. Not only with the giving of gifts, but with your listening ears and honest feedback. It has meant a lot to have the support of my co-workers and friends.
We'll do it again tomorrow! We are hundreds closer to bringing our kids home! Thank you.