Writing Prompt: “My life changed the day I found that huge
envelope stuffed with cash in the coupon exchange bucket at the supermarket.”
Writing Time: 10 minutes
I’d like to say I did the right thing. I’d like to say I
didn’t think only of myself. All I can honestly say is my life changed the day
I found that huge envelope stuffed with cash in the coupon exchange bucket at
the supermarket.
Yellow, worn corners, thick with papers inside. I picked up
that envelope with the thought, “well, someone gave up on serious couponing.” I
expected cents and dollars off, not actual dollars. I glanced through the rest
of the bucket and took the envelope with me, planning to flip through the
coupons while I shopped and return what I didn’t use to the bucket. I was
standing beside the sweet potatoes when I opened it up.
Five thousand dollars. I wrapped my fingers around the
bills, not daring to lift them out of the envelope for others to see. My mouth
went dry. I counted it three times. Five thousand dollars. My first thought was
to bring it to the customer service desk. My second thought was of how many
month’s rent would be covered by this cash. How many car payments or medical
bills or grocery store runs. In that moment, surrounded by unaware shoppers and
clutching the handle of my cart, I believed I had been miraculously blessed.
Had I not prayed for this? Lord, you know my needs, I’d whispered as I sat at my kitchen table
this morning. Please help me, Lord.
Please, help me. I know You will not abandon me. I believe you can show me a
way through this.
Yes, that envelope was an answer to prayer. A wondrous,
exciting answer that made me want to leap for joy right there in the produce
section.
That was seven months ago. I still say it was an answer to
my prayer, just not the obvious answer I imagined. No, nothing like I imagined.
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