Rescued
We have faced all four seasons in one month in Arkansas. One day, the weather is balmy, and then two days later, we have snow or freezing winds. This last Monday, I was able to help with a bake sale to benefit a homeless woman for Christmas. I started out the bake sale at 9am thinking that it was cool but manageable. After a couple of hours, I realized that manageable was a little generous. The wind chill was 32 degrees. I bundled up as best I could and quickly sent my husband for hats and blankets. By 4pm, I couldn't feel my toes and started begging God to send people to buy the baked goods that were left on the table. I had already decided that by 5 pm, I would give up and go home. Within 10 minutes of making that decision, a man came up to buy a couple of bags of Rice Krispie treats. He told me he had also suffered through the cold selling mistletoe in the past and wished me luck. A few minutes later, as his wife f...