This Christmas has been one of the most harrowing experiences of my life but one of the biggest blessings too. You see, along with many other people, my pocketbook has been a bit thinner these days. So when it came to getting Christmas gifts for my daughter this year, I was only able to get three. Having lots of gifts under the tree has always been very important to me. Even if those gifts only cost $5.00, I’ve always wanted Paris to have the joy of opening gifts on Christmas day to be an extended period of time. The idea of dealing with seeing any look of disappointment on her face by a tree that would have barely anything under it was too much to bare. Yes, I know it’s not about the price of the gifts, the size or the quantity but I think most parents would agree you want to get as many gifts as you can for them.
So I hustled and hustled through the month of December to drum up more funds to be able to buy more gifts but notta. A check that I had hoped was going to clear by Christmas Eve didn’t go through and the money that I thought was coming through for a side job didn’t show up either. It was Christmas Eve and not only did I not have enough to get her any more gifts but no tree either. I remember driving around and asking God if it would be possible for one of the Christmas lots to be willing to just give a tree away considering it was Christmas Eve after all. Oh the thoughts that can go through one’s mind when the cupboards are bare. I can see now how people can be so desperate that they would do dumb stuff.
Well, as luck would have it, as I’m driving through the windy hills of a town that I hardly knew existed in San Diego, there, laying on the road was a Christmas tree with the tag still on it. I pulled over in disbelief. I waited for a few minutes to see if anyone was coming back who may have dropped it. Then I quickly got out of the car, stopping some traffic and shoved it into the back of my jeep. Could this really have been a gift from God? Now that’s some manifesting. Talking of manifesting, when I went back to my friends store who I had helped make deliveries for, the thought came to me that instead of leaving cookies for Santa, I wonder if the store would have left over chocolate covered fruit that I could use instead. Not 5 minutes later one of the store staff asked me if I would like some leftover chocolate covered fruit. Um, heck ya! I walked out with three bags and a very big smile. Continue reading »





