Your good deeds never go unnoticed. They may go unmentioned, but that does not mean they are not noticed. And every kindness you do to someone may make them kinder to someone else. Smiles work that way, too.

I know you know that God notices, and you know in your heart that Quinn notices. She may deny it in another 10-12 years, but she is observing and absorbing every day.

My pocketbook was stolen on the first of one month, and it was not until almost one month later that I got a phone call from another similar establishment - but one in another town, that wondered had I maybe left my purse there by accident? So it may not happen right away, but don't give up hope. In my case, almost everything was gone, but they did leave a couple of my family pictures, my license - which I had already replaced, of course, and my cell phone, though they stole even the "custom" earphones for them - being deaf on one side, I buy cheap earbuds, and chop one off. Why anyone else would want them, I do not know!

And do not go hungry, please. Food pantries exist, do not be ashamed to use one this week and next. Call a local Methodist church - if they don't have a food pantry, in my experience, they'll know where one is. And if you know any gardeners, they probably would love to give you a tomato or zuchinni or six right now, depending on what's in season down there. Such things tend to all ripen at once, and one can only eat so many!