Check this out…

“Check this out” are the words my son said a few minutes ago once I was seated in the car, but hadn’t shut the door yet. He took off, which closed the door for me. Oh yeah, so cool. I guess it’s alright since I didn’t fall out or die or anything. However, there’s something super cool I do want you to check out. We stopped by my parents’ gravesite and it had poinsettia flowers in the vase. This is July. I was under the impression that my stepmother was maintaining the grave all this time. Apparently hadn‘t been there since Christmas. Emily tried to make me feel better by pointing out that the faded red made it pink and that was sort of pretty. Sort of, but the principle was beginning to fester anger. I knew my fellow travelers wouldn’t want to take the time to shop for some flowers. There wasn’t even a flag for Daddy’s Air Force service and Memorial Day wasn’t that far back. Then I looked around and saw a bunch of flowers in the trashcan. Hmmm….how bad would that be? Maybe they were real and left from a funeral. It was worth checking out. It turned out to be a new looking bouquet of spring/summer flowers, artificial, and looking very fine. I wondered if some kids had ripped them off a grave, but I didn’t see any without. I personally believe God put them there for me to be able to honor my parents. I would’ve come prepared if I knew I needed to. I didn’t know, so being the wonderfully cool God that He is, understanding the need, He provided for us. It was perfect because there were pink flowers for Mom, red tulips for Daddy, and yellow for cheeriness. I love God. He does such wonderful, thoughtful things for us before we even know how much we need them. God is great!