Every year our church used to put a float in the annual Christmas parade. One year I decided I wanted to be in

the parade too. So I asked the float builders. They were happy to have me in the parade. So I dressed up in my

clown outfit and walked in the parade. I helped keep the teenagers in line. The next year I wanted to walk in the

parade again I had an idea that I would decorated my little red wagon and pull it down the parade route. Along about early November I started having a lot of soreness in my hip. I finally went up to the float organizers and

said I didn’t think I could be in the parade this year because my hip was really bothering me. I didn’t think I could walk that far. The were sad to lose me but they understood. About 2 weeks before the parade on the way home from church God spoke to me. He say you will be in the parade and you will walk the whole thing. He also told me how he wanted my wagon decorated.

So I wrapped up a big box like a birthday present and put in the the wagon with signs on it that said Happy

Birthday Jesus. They I took green and red and white streamers and decorated my wagon. When the day of the

parade came I walked with my wagon to the lot where they were organizing everything. I found our church float. They were very happy to see me. they all gave me big hugs. While we were waiting to start there was a bunch of small kids in the back of a pick up truck. I was talking to them and they kept giving me candy until I told them I didn’t want anymore. One of my friends told me she found a place in one of the cars for me if I couldn’t make it and she would pull my wagon the rest of the way. I thanked her. The parade started and I did walk the whole route just like God told me. I had a great time.

When I got home that night I was very sore. so I put a pain patch on my hip and took an aspirin and when the pain started to go down I went to bed. The next morning there was no pain. I have not had problems with my hip since then.