Everything just works out

It was jus like any other day rushing home from work to pick up my kids and get dinner started, homework done & chores before they needed to sleep. It was a routine we have become accustomed to & frankly didn't mind considering what we had been thru. So as the week went on as usual there would always be something to throw us off balance. This week it's a disconnection notice for our electricity. As I'm at one of my jobs trying to do what I need to along with getting ahold of the electric company to see if I can get another extension my boss comes and hands me a stack of papers that needed immediate attention. I have no choice but to hang up and try again later. Time is flying by I'm moving as fast as I can glancing at the clock every chance I get hoping I'll be done before they closed. Well it's 6pm my work finally completed & my boss let's me leave 1/2 hour early for working so fast today. Getting it done before our deadline, good job she exclaims. As I'm dashing out the door I'm on my phone calling the electric company. Thank God! I got thru. I explained how I couldn't pay the whole balance but I could pay $200 till next paycheck. She explained that I needed to pay the whole balance to keep my services on. Without any other options I started to read my card number. Deep breath at least we still have electric so I'm a little relieved. So now headed home to continue my daily routines. Next morning I wake up getting ready to start a new day try'n to think positive, I mean think about it? What else could go wrong right? Dropped my kids off, picked up the office supplies now back to the office. As the day goes by I can't help but to feel excited. I was looking forward to going home and jus relax with my kids. Actually it's been a while with the weekend coming we didn't have a archery tournament, boxing match, robotics competition, basketball game or any fundraisers to attend. We can just lay around and spend some quiet time with each other. So it being payday & my bank is closed by the time I finish work I check my balance and see I can treat us to dinner and deposit it on Monday during my lunch break. I got gas, laundry money why not. So I text my kids asking them what they wanted to eat. Nice got dinner, kids are already home & chores are done. I'm excited about the weekend on my way home and then it happens! A car runs the red light & hits me. My windshield is cracked, the whole drivers side is smashed in to where I can't even open my door. Everyone that was around came rushing to see if I was hurt. My shoulder was sore but my focus was on my car. I mean I can drive it home but that's it. The fender is rubbing on the tire cause it's twisted. I only have basic insurance & the driver didn't even stop. I know it'll be expensive to fix & honestly I know I can't afford it. Police finally gets here takes everyone's statement along with my information. Gives me a card with a report number and let's me know an investigator will be in contact with me within the next couple of days. Now driving home as slow as I can wobbling all the way home. Kids come running out asking me what happened. I jus passed the food to them and followed them into the house. After cleaning up and finally sitting down to relax I can't help but to start worrying. How am I gonna do this? I already work 4 jobs which gives me no time for my kids. How will I get to work and back? Do my shopping, drs, dropping off my kids to school? We don't have bus services where we live. It's too far of a walk for them. So much for relaxing this weekend. Tuesday comes and I get a call from the investigator to come down to finalize the paperwork. So after work I decided to walk there giving me some time to think. I walk in and there's an older man sitting on the bench. So I smiled as I continued to walk to the front desk.

Turns out the driver was a teenager that stole the car & there was no insurance coverage for the damages to my car. Can my day get any worse? I jus wanted to go home and climb into my bed and sleep... sleep without worrying about anything. I stop at the store for a few things on my way home. I'm standing in line at the checkout & the older man I saw sitting on the bench is trying to run his card but it keeps getting denied. So I peaked over to see his balance due $31.21. I simply tell the clerk I'll help him take care of that. He turns to me with his eyes watering saying thank you I will repay u. I told him there's no need to. Its not often I can help someone else in need. He insisted on getting my address explaining his wife will insist on delivering something she baked. So I saw no harm in that so I did. As another week goes by still trying to figure out what to do and how to do it. As I laid my head on my pillow I jus started to talk out loud. Asking for some kind of miracle something that would help us get out of these circumstances, anything! Finally I went to sleep. I'm at work & my son calls me saying there's a delivery guy here needing an adults signature. I'm confused about what was being delivered. I didn't order anything for a while? Then of course with my luck it might jus be another bill? The things that started to go thru my head. It's my lunch break now to find out what is going on. I sign the paper and he hands me a envelope? Ohhhk I rushed home for a letter? Oh well that didn't matter at the moment. What mattered was the fact that I need to hurry up and get back to work before I get into trouble for being late. A another day gone sitting I'm in my chair i grab the mail and letter from earlier today and start going thru it. I finally opened the letter that needed my signature. As I pulled out a letter attached to it was a check for $20,000 in my name? Along with it was a little black book. I opened it to find it was blank? I'm not sure how to react! I began to read the letter and it started off by saying thank you again for helping me with my purchase at the store that day. So now I kno who it's from. He continues saying after his wife passed he's been having trouble remembering things like transferring money to to other accounts making sure the bills still got paid. Normally his wife would take care of it. He also remembered seeing me in the police station about my car accident. He said when I walked out he saw a different person. The woman that smiled at me walking in looks like her world jus fell apart. Then when you seen me at the store try'n to purchase my food & my card was being declined you helped me without hesitation. Even though you didn't know me you still wanted to help me. That I took to heart and since then I been trying to figure out how I could pay u back. I'm an old man so I don't need all this money. I had a great life and I know my wife would agree with me that if anyone deserves appreciation it was you. So I'd like you & your family to take this money and do what you need to get that smile back for the sake of your kids. I also put a little black book in there. Use that book to write down the things you want to do, see, taste and feel. It's never to late to enjoy life even the little things. I couldn't hold back the tears. I had to call my son in the room to read it out loud to make sure I wasn't hallucinating or seeing things. It looks like a real check? I was kind of scared to cash it in case it wasn't or it was a scam. I put it safely in my wallet and tried to get some sleep. In the morning I headed to the bank preparing myself for the worst. As I'm getting closer to the teller I can feel my anxiety building. Ok I'm next. Teller yells next so I walk up and hand her a deposit slip & the check. She asks me to please wait as she walks to the back. I'm starting to worry thinking it's a bogus check & ima get into trouble. Maybe I should leave before she returns then jus about to make a run for it I realize she has my license so I can't leave. She's walking back with a woman following her. I'm thinking I'm in trouble and I can't run out either. Brace yourself, you knew it was too good to be true. Then the teller leans over and asks me how do u want it? Big bills or small? Quickly I glanced up and said oh big please but could I also put some in my savings account. She smiled of course u can. I couldn't believe it. It's was real! I can not only get a new car but pay off all our debts. I can stop stressing about what I need to sacrifice to pay for one thing while barely making it for the others. I was dreaming, I had to be? On my way home I stopped at the car lot and bought a car cash! No monthly payments to worry about. I drove up my driveway and my kids came rushing out excited to find that the car is ours. No more breaking down from overheating no more stalling from engine problems. No more riding in the rain with the windows down cause the air-conditioner & windshield wipers don't work. With my debt being paid off in full I could quit 2 jobs and jus keep the main 2. Most importantly I will have more time to spend with my kids. Life was good. Since then every night before I sleep I'm thankful for that man's generosity smiling jus as he wished.