Storms of Life

Who would have thought when we moved to Alabama a little over two years ago that we would have now lived through parts of three hurricaines! I guess I should have. The first weekend we were here so many tornados came close by that there was natural disaster funding for insurance companies and my kids picked up hands full of golf ball sized hail.
Of course, those are not the only storms of life. With us loss of power means lots of extra worries. How do you crank a small generator when it doesn't want to start? How do you know how much you can hook up to it. How do you move a 190lb man from a bed to a chair, move a mattress and get the man back on the bed again? How do you keep your cold stuff cold when the fridge is not working. Oh, and what about air conditioning?
I have decided my favorite American of all time is Benjamin Franklin followed by Thomas Edison. I alo have deciced that the wonderful people at Alabama Power are my heroes. We have power back!! Only out about 30 hours this time.
All that really pales in comparison to what we are seeing on the news in LA, Miss and coastal Al. There is nothing to restore power to for most of those people. Most have no where to go. Things are terrible and they need help. I hope we can find ways to help them in the coming weeks and months.
I want to thank my ever faithful neighbors Brian and Sue for always being there for me. If it wasn't for Brian helping us get the generator started to run a lamp and a fan and occasionally the t.v. things would have been much worse.
The calls from both sets of parents were uplifting too. But at times like this I really know how far I am from home and how much I need my family and their helping hands.
I hope I can be renewed through all this to help others more. We all really do need each other and as much as some people don't like the saying, it does take a village. Lets all work together.
For deeper spiritual thoughts go to my other blog Deep In Spirit at http://deepinspirit.blogspot.com/
Jan