A Funny Story --- Must Read

Last night we received a call from a very sweet couple in our church. They are a both a little quiet and just knowing them is a huge blessing. They had made dinner for us to be used anytime this week and wanted to know if it would be too late to drop it off between 9:30 and 10:00 p.m. It wasn't and they said they had directions to our house, so we planned to see them later in the night.

Later on after the kids were asleep, Ethan, Phill (his brother who is helping us out) and I were watching "The Mentalist" upstairs in our bonus room. We were trying to listen for the door but must have missed it. Shortly after 10:00 we got a phone call from the sweet wife, wanting to let us know that they rang the bell but when no one answered they left the meal on the front doorstep. We thanked her, hung up, and Phill ran downstairs to get it. Only . . . there was NOT a meal on the doorstep. So Phill went around to different neighbors houses and tried to see if they had gotten the wrong house. No meals anywhere. Sooooo, I called the wife back to see what she could tell me, and she was just horrified that they had left it at the wrong house! The poor thing was telling her husband standing next to her what had happened, and he said, "isn't the house number 831o?"

In shock, I realized they left the meal at the house we used to live in -- over a year ago! Ethan and Phill were following the conversation and at this point they were laughing so hard, trying to muffle the sound. I was trying not to laugh too, because the couple was just saying quietly, "Oh, dear. Oh, my!" I don't know if the three of us in the bonus room just needed a good laugh to ease the strain of the past three weeks, but we seriously couldn't get a hold of ourselves. It was great.

We called a friend who lives in a house two down from where we used to live and told him there might be an unclaimed meal nearby. He is a good sport and up for an adventure like that, so he walked over and peeked, but by then it was gone.

UPDATE: Phill got a call from the lady who lives in the house we used to live in. Apparently she figured the whole thing out, got our number, called us, and really wanted to bring the meal by. She just dropped it off a few minutes ago. I am sorry I didn't get a chance to thank her, but I did call the kind couple from church and let them know. Isn't it amazing how many good-hearted people there are in the world?