Barbies and Prayers

By Shelly Webb

The Law of Cause and Effect states: Action and reaction are equal, in opposite directions. Focus on what you can give, not what you will get. I lived in Castle Rock, Colorado for exactly one year. We moved there as a family in late December 2017, and I moved back home to Utah, with my children, in late December 2018. From June 2018 through November 2018, my then husband and I were going through a divorce, but still living in the same house. It was a crazy difficult time. Looking back, I sometimes don’t know how I survived. We had to pack up our house twice in about a year, but the second time, my former husband was staying behind, so we didn’t have to bring everything. I really didn’t want to bring much because I knew we were going to be living in tight quarters for a while when we got back to Utah. I started to think about how I could downsize our belongings.

I have six girls, so we had accumulated a lot of girl toys over the years. My youngest daughter was eight, and they didn’t play with many of their toys anymore, so I decided to offer them for free on our church Facebook page. We had a huge amount of My Little Ponies, Polly Pockets, Littlest Pet Shops, Strawberry Shortcakes, and Barbies. I posted the toys, and people started to come to pick them up. It was nice to know they were going to get played with again. I believe the Barbies were the last to go, and we definitely had a lot of Barbies and Barbie supplies. The lady who came to pick up the Barbies was very friendly and talkative and asked me all about my situation and why I was giving all our toys away. I told her I was in the middle of a divorce, and my children and I were moving back to Utah. I didn’t tell her anything about our financial situation, which was very bad at the time. I was having trouble taking cases for my work because I was so busy, and I had very little daycare for my two year old; meanwhile, my husband had removed me from our joint account, so it was difficult to get the things I needed. I was definitely struggling. The lady left with the Barbies, and a minute or two later I heard someone knock on the door. When I went to open it, she was back. She handed me a $100 bill, and said she just really wanted to pay me for the Barbies. I had no expectation of receiving anything, but my acts of giving were repaid by the receipt of a monetary blessing that I really needed at the time.

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Shelly Webb

Shelly Webb is first and foremost a mother to eight beautiful children.She is also a Certified Master Neuro Coach, Rare Faith Certified Mentor, Health Coach at Beachbody, and an Equal Employment Opportunity Investigator.Shelly is fascinated by science and empowered by faith.She has a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry Education, with a minor in Physics Teaching, as well as a Master of Education in Instructional Technology and a certification in Iridology.Shelly is also a Mindset Mastery Honors Graduate.Shelly firmly believes that science and faith go hand in hand, and this is what led her to neuroscience and the study of how the brain works.In her role as coach and mentor, Shelly aims to help people understand that it is within their power to change their life and provide them with the tools to do so.Her goal is to help others come to an understanding of their divinity so that they can partner with God in creating miracles in their lives and in the world.Shelly loves to spend time with her children talking, laughing and listening to music, and she also enjoys reading, dancing and weightlifting.