Surreal

Yesterday Ray and I left home at 7:00 am to drive out to see our big boys. They are away at Cadet Camp and it was our day to take them out and spend some time with them. Between working at Bible Camp for two weeks before they left for Cadet Camp, and now this last four weeks, we have not really seen our older boys for the last six weeks! The time has shot by and it was really nice to spend some time with them! For those that want to see what our great day was all about.. shoot over to my other blog

http://raisingmyboysinthecountry.blogspot.com/

You might be waiting for a few days for me to get the post up though! I am so busy with other things and the boys are busy creating journals from our California trip and I doing that.

Now for the reason for this post. Surreal. That is the name of this post. There is a good reason! Ray and I picked up the boys and took them out for the day. One of the first stops was an army surplus store. I knew our boys might find something there, but I was on a mission. I wanted some of that camo netting to hang over Dane's closet opening, as a door. Goes with his army theme room. We went through the room and then just before we were ready to leave the store I saw this rug hanging in the front of a stack of about 6 other rugs. I was in awe!! I saw a sign that said 50% off and quickly checked the price on the rug - $599.99 - typical! I have seen oriental rugs before and though they can be beautiful, they can also be expensive! Even at 50% off I wouldn't buy it! No matter the design.

Then I looked more closely. The tag was very deceptive and there actually were only 3 - 9's. It actually read $59.99!!! That meant it was $29.99!! WOW! It was a 5'x8' rug. The picture?? Five beautiful African little girls praying! While the guy was pulling it down and wrapping it for us I had this incredible feeling of a wash of warm throughout my whole body!! What an incredible blessing this was!!! Look below and see why I was so thrilled!

My Favourite - the Second From the Left

What chance do you think there is that I would find a beautiful rug that means so much to us on a trip to see our boys, in a store that we would never be in again? And the rug beside it? A pot leaf!! I raced out to Ray who was getting the little boy's in to their car seats and told him he HAD to come see this rug. He came in fully expecting to see a typical oriental rug with lots of colours and designs, which he would not be keen on (neither would I!). When he saw the rug he smiled, cause he knew. It was our special rug. The style of drawings of the little girls is my style. The colours match our home. And Ray figures we will hang it on that big empty wall on our staircase!

What chance? That is where the word 'surreal' comes in. It felt that when I saw our little girls up there on the wall! I have never seen a rug that had people on it before....