Angela's Blog

Holy Smokes!

Yesterday was AWESOME! The party went really well!

To God be the glory! The day started out with my last post an then I sat down and had some good time talking to Jesus. He brought me back to my favorite verse - Joshua 1:9. It says, "Have I not commanded you, be strong and courageous. Do not be weak. Do not be terrified. For the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." Then He reminded me that I am His perfect creation - the way I am now. Just because I got hurt didn't change His view of me. And I was reminded that He would be with me all day. All through the party. He'd be with me when everything was fine and He'd be with me if I felt overwhelmed. That was so comforting.

Then we got ready and went to Feedback. And when I got there I got a serious surprise - Feedback donated all the food for the day! And it was great food! We had chips with queso dip, spinach artichoke dip, chili verde, marinated mushrooms, and bread. And my next door neighbor from when I was growing up made the most awesome cake and brought it. Check it out:

And the turnout was fantastic! Probably about 100 people came. From all sorts of different areas of my life. Some from grade school and high school, some from church, some family, some family friends, some therapists from this whole accident adventure, some health care providers, some from church, some Josh's friends and family friends, and the list goes on. It was great!

And I did well too. There were a lot of people there but I'm pretty sure I said hi to everyone who came. And a handful I actually had conversations with. And I never had to go sit in the car. I recognized that the crowd was very big but I never felt overwhelmed or unsettled. Again, I completely thank Jesus for that one.

And we filled up almost the entire food bank bucket, plus we brought a lot of business to Feedback and we introduced a lot of hopefully returning customers to Feedback. And, for the second time, Feedback totally spoiled me. They said they were going to keep the Honeybush drink special going all night and that they would donate $1 from each one sold throughout the day and night to my fund to help with medical bills. Wow!

Plus I got to meet one of the owners of Feedback and he was a super nice guy. Everyone there was. All the staff worked their butts off and were so kind! So if you're ever out and hungry or thirsty I strongly encourage you to frequent Feedback Lounge! Not only are the food and drinks really good, but so are the hearts of the people who work there.

And then Jesus totally took care of the rest of the night too. I was pretty tired after the party so I wasn't able to pay very much attention to anything including my husband. But it was his birthday yesterday so I really wanted it to be a special day for him too. And two of our good friends invited us over after the party to have yummy steak dinner and watch the UFC fights. It was perfect! I couldn't have made the night special and about him if we'd have just gone home so God completely delivered someone else to! Thank you, Jesus! Yet another answered prayer! And our friends that we went to got Josh the most AWESOME birthday present EVER! They got him a bottle of bourbon (his favorite) and signed it from all the members of New Kids On The Block! :) Yessssssss! A couple weeks before they had gotten me a NKOTB DVD much to Josh's dismay that he's had to sit through far more than he will ever admit. And this was their icing on the cake! I love it!

You guys rock!

That's what I've got for today. If you were there, thanks for coming to the party! It was fantastical!

Talk at ya later,

Ang