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I got a free service the other day that absolutely made my life better. At least for the moment. When was the last time you got something free that positively affected your life? I'd like to hear about it. Those of you who know me are aware of the many migraines I have. In the last two weeks I've had several, the last one lasting four straight days. There is a lady in my church who has volunteered to give me free massages (she does medical massages too, she's trained and certified), but as she works so far away from where I live, I have only taken her up on her offer twice in like eight years. And both times were when I had a migraine (one migraine she managed to get rid of, the other she worked on me 2 and 1/2 hours and nothing helped). You may think you wouldn't care how far you'd have to drive to get one, but I'm telling you the route to get there is long, expensive, and traffic filled. When I have gone it is because my dad took me because he couldn't stand to know I was in pain. Poor guy. He likes to pretend things don't get to him, but he can't stand it when I have a migraine. Tuesday was when I finally got to see her, and by the my migraine was gone, but I couldn't turn my neck to the right, and the right side of my shoulder and back were so painful. She worked on my left side first, and I could feel when she would hit a knot (I have fibromyalgua.) But when she got to my right side I heard her whisper, "Wow!" The right side of me, all the way down my spine and in my shoulder were just filled with knots. And because of a previous car accident there is some calcification going on one side of my neck. While she was working on my shoulder I thought I wouldn't be able to lie there much longer because the position was making my neck hurt so much. But within minutes whatever she was doing to my shoulder alleviated pain from my neck. She quit after an hour because she thought if she continued I'd be too sore the next day (I wasn't. She underestimated my tolerance of pain.) She told my dad to please bring me back this coming week so she can continue to work on the spots on my neck and back. He agreed and I am so relieved. I haven't had a migraine this week not has my neck hurt. I almost always have a migraine at least once a week so I know she helped me. And she is doing all of this free. My dad did go buy her lunch and bring it back to her. My dad has helped her and her husband in the past, so I think it makes her feel good to help me because she feels maybe she is returning the favor to my father for helping her. Besides getting a free service that maybe you couldn't afford by yourself (Heaven knows neither I nor my dad even could afford to get me a massage on our own.), have you ever had someone be a blessing to you as a result for something your family did for them? This lady really likes me on my own, but I know she and her husband are grateful to my dad. So I think she helped me for him too.