One last trip

A few weeks ago my husband's brother called and asked us if we wanted to meet him and his family at a cabin for the weekend. It was this past weekend, the last weekend before school started. One last trip of famiy fun before we got back to the grind of it all. So of course we said yes. We don't get to see this brother very much because he lives so far away. So any time we get a chance to see them we try and jump on the opportunity. While I was packing I said a little extra prayer that I wouldn't forget anything important. I always say my prayers and we always say a prayer before we leave on a trip, but this was a different prayer. I don't think that I've ever said one like that before, and to be honest it really didn't phase me until we were on our way. It was a great weekend! We had so much fun!! We were safe, we were protected, and I forgot more things on this trip than I care to count. I've never forgotten that many things before, but I didn't forget anything that was important, that I would need. For example, we all needed a bathroom break on the drive down, it was a 3.5 hour drive. So we stopped at a gas station. Before we started on the road again I went to the back of the car to get some snacks put for my kids to eat to hold them over until we got there for dinner. Then we started on the road again. The stretch of road we were on was a little bumpy and the speed limit was 80 miles per hour. After we had driven about 5 minutes it hit me, "Where is my wallet?" I had taken it in the gas station with me. I didn't want to leave it in the car. I looked all over panicking, and then the thought came, "You left it on the bumper when you got the snacks out." My husband pulled over as quickly as he could. I got out and ran to the back of the car. I almost started crying, it was there. My little wallet hadn't fallen of the bumper of our car! It was a little miracle. It was an answer to my prayer. My wallet had a lot of important things in it. If I had lost it I don't think we could have gone to the cabin and had the fun we did and made the memories we did. Our Heavenly Father does care about us, even the things that might not seem to matter when you look at the eternal scheme of things, he still cares. He does listen. He does answer.