And Baby you know my hands are dirty, but I wanted to be your valentine...

Usually I don't have the radio on in my car. I'm so used to having the girls with me in the car and playing their CDs that I usually forget to change to adult music when I'm by myself (I'm sure I'm not the only mom that does this!). We listen to Kidz Bop a lot and the soundtrack to "Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper". But one night earlier this week when I got off work and went out to my car to drive home the radio was on when I started the car and Bon Jovi's "I'll be there for you" was just starting. I love this song (who doesn't?). It always reminds me of high school and my friend Sarah. And it's lots of fun to sing along with at the top of your lungs while cruising through the streets of Fargo. Imagine my surprise when just 2 days later I saw the sign on the Fargodome saying there's a Bon Jovi concert in April! Tickets went on sale this morning, did you get yours?
Something really nice happened to me yesterday. I have a lot of friends that I've never met IRL (or maybe once, at 'that big house' as Sylvia calls it!) . And you probably know this because the chances that you are one are pretty high. We came home from somewhere and there was a package for me on the front steps. It was from a woman I've never met in real life, only online. And actually I don't think I've ever talked with her directly online either. A woman I don't even know sent me a gift. Susannah had her son for the birthday exchange. She chose not to participate in the holiday gift exchange but to instead send me a gift, for no reason except she wanted to. With a really nice note inside. Really nice, it made me cry. If I wasn't at work I'd quote it here but it basically said she knew I had a tough year (the divorce and all you know) and she thinks of me and the girls every night when they play with the gift we sent her son! (her son's name happens to be Seth, isn't that odd?) And they pray for us! Life is so funny. I've probably said this before but you have these people you think are supposed to support you and they don't and then from out of nowhere (or California) someone you don't even really know totally makes your day, or probably month, maybe even year, in this case. You never know who's thinking about you and your little corner of the world at any given time. So I'm working on a plan to pay this forward...