A Mysterious Phone Call

As I was laying in bed last night, my phone rang. It was 10:45 and I was in bed - EARLY for me. So I was a little irritated that someone would call so late. MY phone was downstairs and it was a ring that is for only people that I don't have programmed into my phone, so I didn't jump up to get it. I layed there and let it finish ringing and it beeped that meant that they had left a message. I casually went down stairs still a little miffed that someone would call so late on a week night. When I listened to the message, this is what I heard a young man that I DIDN'T know say - ,"Hi, I was told to call you and tell you to look on your back porch, Merry Christmas." Well, at this point I am a little freaked out. I am thinking that someone is trying to get in the back door or something shady. (Am I paranoid or what?) So I wake Glen up and let him hear the message about the same time we hear knocking on the back door. Now I was REALLY freaking out. It is getting close to 11:00 and I did NOT want Glen to go answer it. (OK, maybe scaredy cat is a better description) As I throw my sweatshirt on and yell down to NOT open it, he yells," It is cleaning supplies!" I am thinking that someone thinks my house is so dirty that they bought us something to clean with. We open the door to about 14 FULL bags of groceries. Noone was standing there, but I knew my mom (Who lives 2 and a half hours away) was behind it. I had just told her earlier that JUST buying groceries was going to be a struggle this week. So I am trying to think who she called to go get us some groceries. I am barefoot - but I walk out towards the front of the house when I hear footsteps running down the street. I see this person crouch down so that I "wouldn't see them". So I call out," Who are you?" As I get closer I see the outline of my MOM'S head. YES!!!!!! MY MOM drove 2 and a half hours ON A SCHOOL night (she's a teacher - so she is going tohave to get up and go to school) to buy us some groceries. WHO DOES THAT????? She stayed (I made her) for about 20 minutes, but then had to get back in the car to get home. She got home a little after 2:00AM. I just love her. I could not and would not have asked her to do anything like that, but she goes above and beyond what THE BEST moms would do. I am SO blessed to have her as one of my best friends! She is AMAZING! I want to be like her in SO many ways. SO!! If you hear the phone ring late at night, know that it might not be bad news or a prank call. It might just be a bigger blessing that you can imagine. Did I mention that 2 things of OREO's were in the sacks? YEAH!!!!!!