Service in the Form of Costco Hot Dogs

My awesome family waiting for Raeven Noel to be born!! :)

This was a crazy and fun assignment. It was actually not quite BYU kosher at first, which made it even funnier, as it was focused on service. This weekend, I drove back home to Washington to visit my family and to see my new niece be born. Little did I know that I was in for big surprises in the form of a car accident that nearly flipped my car, a series of lucky events that enabled us to get back home, and us getting home just in the nick of time for the early birth of my niece. Along the way, I would go to just about every gas station and buy a chocolate milk or something small and wait in line to see if there was something I could buy for the next person. Unfortunately, every time I waited, the person behind me was going to buy beer or cigarettes. I laughed at myself and decided that I would have to wait until I got home and went to Costco with my mom, hoping that it would be cheaper and be something within the Word of Wisdom kosher list. After barely making it home on time and making it only one minute late to an eye appointment, I ran over to the Costco concessions to get snacks with my niece, Scarlet. Luckily, there was a sweet lady and her daughter behind us that we started to chat with. After buying a frozen yogurt for Scarlet, I gave the cashier money for the lady behind me. She thanked me and gave me the change back. I love how people from the Northwest act. They are sincere and she thanked me a lot, without offering her first-born child as many Utahns do. But, nonetheless, it was a very nice way to thank Heavenly Father for saving my friends and I from a horrific car accident and a nice way to prepare for the birth of my beautiful new niece, Raeven.