There were no coats. Larrien needed a coat. Mr. Handsome thought another store in the shopping center might have one, and so he braved the cold. He was right. A $50 coat, size Small - Little Boy 6 - marked down to $19.99. Puffy, black, and very warm.
Perfect.
On his way back to me, he ran in to two more stores, checking for the best price on the highest quality shoes he could find.
Once we were reunited, we navigated the clothing section together, then moved on to the main event: toys. Desperately, Mr. Handsome searched in vain for Hot Wheels Crashers and a Wild Time Fidgets (Google would prove useless in the search for what in heaven's name a Wild Time Fidget even is). Quickly, I said we should move on. Mr. Handsome was insistent, determined.
"He has 2 specific things on his list. Only 2. I want to find them."
And so we asked a nice lady in the little boy toy aisle if she knew what a Wild Time Fidget was. She smiled apologetically - she was at a loss, too. Mr. Handsome circled the toy aisles at least 10 times, scanning with precision every item on each shelf.
They weren't there.
But he did pick out a set of awesome action figures (the request that had tugged at my heart in the first place), a dinosaur book - complete with accompanying dinosaur stickers, a polar bear spelling game from the makers of Cranium, a set of Legos that make 3 different types of trucks, a small room-size basketball hoop and basketball (Mr. Handsome's personal addition), and an entire new wardrobe of clothes. Including a very sleek pair of black sneakers that any 6-year old boy would think are super cool.
And the coat.
We were finished.
This morning at the office, I sat down to wrap the gifts, then suddenly realized I'd left my scissors and tape at my desk. For just a moment, I ran to grab them. When I came back, these sat on the table.
I was speechless. Then I very nearly cried.I still have no idea where they came from.
Larrien will have every single thing he asked for this Christmas - which wasn't even very much to begin with - and a whole heap of extra things, at that.
And me? I fell more in love with my precious, tender Mr. Handsome.
There's Christmas Magic in the air.
Can you feel it?
5 comments:
What a great story! I know little Larrien will feel so blessed to receive his gifts. So thankful for friends who have a heart to meet the needs of those less fortunate around them. You and Josh are treasures. God is good!!
Thanks for sending some of that Christmas magic my way!
P.S. I love reading about your daily adventures with Mr. Handsome because it allows me to see how much you two love each other; it is so evident that God is in your marriage. I'm blessed to know you. :)
Absolutely love it!! So cool and wonderful. :-)
hi! just wanted you to know i've enjoyed reading your blog lately. a friend of tara stepp's blog told me to go and read hers, and then i ended up clicking on over to yours. things are slow where i work right now, so i pretty much just read blogs all day long, haha. thanks for the good read! you're a great writer!
You 2 are precious. This is what it's about.
<3
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