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For the past few weeks, I have had an insatiable craving for Chinese food – sweet & sour chicken with a side of mixed vegetables, to be exact. My boys love the fortune cookies, so they are ecstatic about mommy’s current food of choice, because that means they get to indulge in one of their favorite snacks every time we visit the local Chinese takeout restaurant.
One thing we enjoy doing before the boys ravage the cookies is pulling out the little white strip of paper tucked inside, and reading the “fortune.” We usually get random sayings that make us laugh, but on this particular day, we got a really good one.
“Alright now” I said as I read, and I waved my hand in the air.
“What does it say, Ma?” my oldest son inquired.
“God will help you overcome any hardship,” I responded.