Being rich

A true story by way of jaye lewis - used with permission

We prowled thru the second hand bookshop, the day after christmas, simply my husband, louie, our daughters, jenny and helen, and me. This became a valuable time for us, because we would be splitting up as a circle of relatives, once more, in only more than one days.

It have been a tough 8 months on account that my husband had retired from the army. As plotters and planners, we had manipulated the "navy gadget," at the same time as on lively duty, as lots as we could, looking to prevent an extended, dreaded absence from each other. Now, here we have been, retired, and we were 8 months into our longest separation.

Whilst my husband retired, we located that the handiest activity to be had for him changed into within the town of norfolk, virginia. Our dream was to stay out the relaxation of our lives in the mountains of southwestern virginia, six and a half of hours away. My fitness had gotten so horrific, that it turned into impossible for me to stay with louie in the metropolis. We had settled for a separation, praying that a job would turn out to be to be had inside the stunning area that we like.

So, there we have been, delaying the inevitable, passing time in a 2d hand bookstore, earlier than the ladies and that i headed returned to southwest virginia. We were as broke as we would ever been, helping  families; yet we were thankful to be collectively, and we seized each possibility for added hugs, shared daydreams and laughter.

There was simplest one other person inside the book shop, except the proprietor, a lovable, well-dressed, lady, about my age. I noticed her clothes, her footwear, and her steeply-priced handbag, and that i questioned what it would be like, to be rich sufficient to walk right into a bookstall and have the money to buy any ebook my coronary heart preferred. However we have been having so much fun, that i quick forgot the woman.

We joked as we persisted our treasure hunt, clutching our spending money of 5 dollars apiece, all hoping to be the first to discover the oldest, least costly ebook. It became a bittersweet tour. Often louie and i'd brush beyond each other, finding excuses to the touch or to offer on another's hand an extra squeeze.

Jenny remembered, that there has been an atm gadget, no longer a long way from the bookstore, and she decided that she wished any other twenty bucks that she had squirreled away.

"no honest!" i cried, giggling. "the rest folks can most effective spend five greenbacks, and here you'll have twenty-five bucks?!"

We all laughed, and we started out to tease jenny, mercilessly, but she become capable of persuade her dad that she ought to have the $20, which will get that irresistible book.

"come on, jenny," louie laughed. "i'll power you to the atm."

Then we did some other round of hugging and kissing, none of us trying to be aside for even a couple of minutes.

Quickly louie and i would be saying "good-bye." we couldn't withstand the possibility to guarantee each other of our love, and our faith that our separation might soon come to an end. It must were a curious ballet, this demonstrative circle of relatives scene, but we have been oblivious to what others would possibly suppose.

Military families appear to fall into  categories: those who look for affectionate opportunities, and people who avoid close contact, because "precise-byes" are painful. I should admit that we are a quite "huggy-kissy" own family, so unmindful of each person else, we persisted to provide kisses and hugs all round. In our army career, we had come to be painfully conscious, that whatever can appear at some point of even the briefest separation. However now, as i look again, i realize how odd me need to have looked.

Finally, in between another hug and kiss, i saw an appropriate book for me! It became a hundred years vintage, and it became on my favorite time period, the middle a long time. Oh, how i desired that ebook! I quickly checked the inner cover for the price, and my coronary heart fell. It changed into twenty-five bucks! We just did not have it. I looked up at louie, already understanding the solution.

He ought to have wanted me to have that e book. I should see the pain in his eyes. Louie reached out and gave me a further hug. I understood his "honey, we just can not have enough money it" message. I leaned into his sheltering fingers, and that i noticed that the well-dressed female turned into additionally touching the ebook that i wanted. Ah properly, permit her have it. I gave louie and additional hug, and 1/2 severe, i murmured, as my eyes locked with hers.

"oooohh, i wish i have been wealthy!"

"it appears to me, as even though you already are," she said with a grin.

There was a pause that stretched via eternity, and my coronary heart full of comprehension. I regarded up at my husband, and i gazed at my daughters, wrapped as we were inside the palms of love, and that i knew it. I was wealthy. Very rich. I quickly became to thank the female for her gentle reminder, but she became gone!

Who changed into she? I'll in no way recognize. But what she did for my outlook, become nothing quick of unbelievable. I will never neglect her. In which did she disappear to? I can't say.

Unusually enough, within days, my husband received a job provide in southwestern virginia. In much less than  weeks, he changed into hired and we moved to the area this is now our domestic. The task notice were despatched out  days earlier than christmas, at the same time as we hugged and kissed and needed in that book place. While i heard the words, "it looks to me, as though you already are," activities had been already in movement to unite our circle of relatives.

I'm quite certain that it was all a part of god's plan, to ring a bell in me of what being "wealthy" is all approximately... Religion, love, own family, and pals. And while i am getting to heaven, i can now not be at all amazed to find out that god despatched an angel to a second hand book shop, in norfolk, virginia, to give me his richest message, the day after christmas, many years in the past.


Jaye lewis is a creator and poet, who lives together with her circle of relatives in the appalachian mountains of southwestern virginia. This tale will be covered in jaye's impending e book, entitled "pleasing angels." jaye can be emailed at jlewis@smyth.Net


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