title: It Happened at the Christmas Bazaar
author: Gordish, Aretta
description: It was the beginning of the Christmas season in Snowflake Falls and for 29 year old, Thomasina Wright, or Tommi, as her friends called her, that meant attending every holiday bazaar and craft fair in the county. She had been doing this for two years, saving every dime she made so she could one day open her own store in downtown Snowflake Falls. She was hopeful that the Christmas Bazaar in her home town would result in a nice profit and would be the last one she would ever need to attend.To her surprise, there was another potter at the bazaar who was practically giving his pottery away, making it difficult for her to sell anything. However, he would turn out to be more than just another potter. He was someone who Tommi would come to rely on in ways she would have never dreamed possible. Tommi would come to learn that dreams have a way of shifting here and there as the winds of life blow hard and strong. This Christmas season a storm was brewing in her life, one she was not prepared to face. Though it would be hard, she would find that her faith and trust in a loving God, the care provided by family and friends, and an unexpected gift, would give her the courage she needed to make all her dreams come true.