Four Pieces, One Destiny.

I had painted them for the Christmas craft sale.

 For some reason,

I felt like these four pieces 

were ones I had put extra time and work into.

They were kind of special to me.

I was proud of the way they turned out.

 But, they hadn't sold.

They came back and I looked at them,

 wondered what I had done wrong.

It's always a bit of a let-down,

 a feeling of "perhaps I misjudged what was in style,"

 or what people were looking for,

or the pricing was off.

 Maybe I wasn't quite as good at this furniture thing

as I used to be.

I had to let it go.

I can't spend time whining mentally about what wasn't meant to be.

I'd done well otherwise

and God had even given me well above the goal I had prayed

and hoped for.

 

 The storage shed needed to be emptied so there would be room

for the snowblower.

 Craigslist was my next option.

Several emails came

in that first day.

I felt happy with such a response:

delighted.

 But one made an appointment,

 whereas the others didn't follow through.

I met her on the porch.

It was a cold night.

She was pretty,

young,

but her eyes looked a bit like they were hiding sadness.

She liked them,

and after I put her money inside the door,

I helped her load the pieces.

She was going through a hard time,

a hard divorce.

She was living with a roommate now,

she got the dog, he got the cat.

She missed the cat,

 didn't know how it had happened,

 she worked alot, long commute.

They didn't see each other much

and then it happened.

She had nothing in her new apartment,

except a bed.

My things were such a joy to her to find,

so cheerful and just her style,

the price so reasonable.

She was happy to have some pleasant things

in her new life.

As she drove away,

I said a prayer for her.

And I was glad my things hadn't sold before.

I wondered if they had been "reserved" for her.

Perhaps angels had reclined on the bookshelf

 and stood around the tables.

I don't know where all my pieces go when they sell.

They enter a world I cannot see.

But I was thankful for this encounter.

And I still occasionally say a prayer

for the girl who bought my four special pieces.

Linking up to

Gypsy Mama's prompt on

"Delight"

(Where we write on the chosen topic for 5 minutes)

(I have to admit, I did go over the 5 minute time-slot today:

this one was 14 minutes long, but I felt compelled to finish this story.

I won't do it again.

  Really.)

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