She needed something

I know, I should be doing my homework.  First, I need to get this out of my brain...

My coat was stolen today at the dentist's office.  Now, I know what you're thinking...that's why you don't hang yours up, right?  Well, I get sick of lugging everyone's coats around, so we always hang ours up even though I seldom see others doing the same.

The girls and I were in line waiting to make another appointment, and I sent them to get their coats.  Hannah comes back and tells me, "Mom, yours isn't there."  Well, that's weird...and then a lady comes from the waiting room to ask me if the pink coat was mine.  She then tells me that a Korean woman walked out with it, and it was only after the woman left that she realized 1) the woman had her own coat ON and 2) the pink coat was 16 sizes too big for this woman.

Well, then.  Hmmm...

I have to admit, I was a little bit angry that someone would do that, but overall, I wasn't that upset.  Mystified, yes.  Not sure how we were going to go to the zoo when I no longer had a coat and it was 40 degrees.  Actually, I was laughing a "this is absurd" kind of laugh...not a ha-ha funny laugh. 

The office staff wasn't sure what to do and was tripping over themselves apologizing, as if they had something to do with it or could have known it wasn't her coat!  I told them that was nonsense, but yes, I would file a report so that if it showed up, I could get it back.  I was not planning on seeing it again, though.

Just as we went to leave, another lady walks in with...you guessed it...my coat!  It was out by the elevator.  The pockets had been obviously pulled out, so I can only assume that the woman who stole it was looking for a wallet?  There had been nothing in my pockets, so she got exactly nothing.

All day long, I have been thinking about this...all day.  As the girls had their traditional post-dentist treat: fast food and a trip to the zoo.  I thought...even if I hadn't gotten my coat back, I am so very blessed in life.  I could have easily bought another coat.  We might have just done the inside of the zoo today.  It wouldn't have been that big of a deal.  Maybe this woman doesn't have such a blessed life.  She didn't need a coat.  But maybe she did need something.  Maybe she was just a thief, but maybe not.  I don't know her story.  Maybe she is desperate and really does have a need she thinks she can't fill any other way.

If you don't mind, would you say a prayer for her?  I'm asking God to give her whatever it is that she needs.

I'm also asking God for a nice, normal day tomorrow.  Because I like those.