When I Hit the Road by Nancy J. Cavanaugh

Author:Nancy J. Cavanaugh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2020-01-26T16:00:00+00:00

Dear Me,

Even though I was still wearing the pajama bottoms from the Glory Bound Baptist donation bin, I was feeling pretty AWESOME in my Team Road Trip shirt. The plan was at some point to find a real store so that Brandon and I could buy some more new clothes. But, now that Brandon and I looked like we were on the same team—and it was a team I didn’t mind being on—getting a new pair of shorts didn’t seem as important. And I was certainly in no hurry to put on a new shirt.

(With the wide variety of clothing available for the mature adult at Second Hand, Second Look, Gram and Mimi had found more than enough clothes for themselves to last until the end of the trip.)

Anyway, all of us were in a good mood when we arrived at Harmony Baptist, the first church on Mimi’s list. Mimi’s inability to stop herself from going on and on meant that in the first five minutes, the church secretary knew all about our travel woes going all the way back to the skid mark at Sunny Sandy Shores.

As a result, the Harmony Baptist secretary, whose name was Melody (can you even believe that?), offered to deliver the rest of Mimi’s Bibles to the other churches we planned to visit to give us extra time so that we’d be sure to make it to Gram’s last qualifying karaoke contest.

Mimi was so grateful she just about strangled Melody in a spindly-marionette-armed hug, and that led to Melody insisting that we all sit down in the church kitchen while she heated up some leftovers from the church’s spaghetti supper, which had taken place the night before. Not only did we devour huge helpings of spaghetti and meatballs, but we ate garlic bread, salad, and plenty of pie. And while we feasted, Melody printed out a fresh copy of Harold’s directions, which Mimi had saved in an email.

Mimi of course said that the fact that she had saved the directions in an email proved that miracles really do happen. But as Melody stapled the stack of papers and then handed them to Mimi, I looked at Gram and decided that miracles must sometimes be a matter of opinion.

By the time we said our goodbyes, all of us had enveloped Melody in a ginormous group hug.

When we got back in the car, even though Mimi was the only one to say something about “counting our blessings,” I could tell all four of us felt pretty thankful.

Mimi’s Bibles were on their way to all the Vacation Bible School kids she’d been praying for.

Gram still had one more chance to sing and possibly qualify for the Borlandsville Fun in the Sun County Fair Seniors Got Talent karaoke contest.

And our stomachs couldn’t have been more satisfied if we had eaten at the fanciest Italian restaurant in town.

On top of that, I was still feeling pretty elated about the Team Road Trip shirts Brandon and I had scored.

But,

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