Her Name Was Selena

I have not had a busy summer.  Does not put me in a positive frame of mind for blogging.  Today I had a pleasant visit.  Her name was Selena.  She was young.  I will guess low 20's.  She was taking pictures of our adorable store fronts.  When she came in she said it was her first time in our little village.  I asked her where she was from, up North.  She is on her way to California.  Near Los Angeles.  She is taking Route 66.  She is traveling alone.  I asked her if it made her nervous to drive all that way.  She said, No, God will protect me.  He wants me to do this.
We chatted.  She asked me about the candy shop.  I explained I felt that I was meant to open the shop.  (Been questioning, why lately.)  We talked more about her move.  She is a Speech Pathologist.  She will work mainly with Hispanics.  She said in  California it is a law that she has to do their treatment in English.  She said it makes her sad.  The families won't understand their language.  We talked about how in America people look down on citizens who still speak their home language.  It was just a casual conversation.
She told me she had not planned to come in my shop.  She felt like she was nudged to come in.  She said God wanted her to tell me that I am very brave.  That I am a strong person that does brave things.  I thanked her.  I said opening this shop was the first brave thing I had done.  Most days it feels like maybe it was not brave at all.  She said God wanted her to remind me that I am doing important things for my community.  Selena asked what I would like for her to pray for me.  I said for my shop to succeed. 
We hugged.  I pointed out some things she should look at in town.  She was on her way.  Nice little story.  Would have ended here.  Except while I was writing this a lady came into my shop.  She writes children's books.  She has written a couple of books about touring Route 66.  She stops at shops on Route 66 and sells her books.  Might have ignored her.  Felt like it was a sign.  Had to buy a few of her books.  Will see what happens.