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Storms of Life

In my 34 years of life, I've never been through a storm so bad that I was actually scared. When they advertised this storm, we knew it might be tricky. We went ahead and put the kids to bed, and waited. Let me be clear - I can handle storms in the daytime. When I can see them coming and I see them blow over. But when they come at night, and you can hear them, but you can't see them....that's just a little too scary for me.

So at one point, I tempted waking the kids, then I thought I was over-reacting. That I'd let the fear they build on the news get to me...but then the electricity went off, and the tv was gone, and we didn't have any way of knowing what was going on, or any way to see the radars. So, we grabbed the kiddos, brought them down to the basement and waited. And listened. And Jason would occasionally sneak up to see the damage/see what it was doing. All the while, I'm texting Mom & Trent for what had happened there, and texting Jacki to see how they were, etc. These are times when I'm thankful for cell phones.

We surveyed some of the damage in the night, and knew it wasn't good based on this:


 Around 2am, we finally got the kiddos back to sleep. On the futon for easy access, should we have to move them again. And we finally crashed ourselves. Thankful to be safe, but scared to see what the morning light would show.
And of course, it wasn't great. It wasn't as bad as some, and for that we were thankful. Our little town had been wind whipped with 100mph winds. It looked like a tornado had hit, though, one hadn't. Just straightline winds.






So the good news is that we have AMAZING family and they all came down and pitched in a helping hand, and by afternoon, we had a decent looking yard, a huge burn pile, and a few less trees than we did the day before. We worked our tails off, kids included, cleaning it all up, and then ended the day by helping out a few others around town.


Definitely one of the scarier nights I've been through, but I'm thankful for God's blessings. That he spared our home, our family, and our barns/animals. Trees made a huge mess, but nothing a little hard work and teamwork couldn't handle. How blessed we are....


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