The fold out couch here is never a couch. It’s always the bed where my kids sleep like pack dogs, wrestling for a spot and snuggling with various appendages each night. I bought a few small pumpkins as an attempt to present fall and festivities, but the hotel smell belies the illusion of home. Yet…
Displaced, yet Blessed
What day is this? I feel like I have been here months. I’ll get to that. But first! What an adventure. Barrett told me late Friday afternoon that we would be evacuated. He didn’t think there would be a plane till Sunday so I wasn’t in a hurry to get all our lives in order. …
Maria…Oh Maria!
23-Sep-17 It’s 4:37 am and I’ve been up since 2:30. I can’t sleep. I woke up sweating due to the lack of cool air in our cement sanctuary, and now my mind won’t shut off. Barrett and I have to work hard to figure out what day it is now as there are no more…
After, after Irma…
I was never so happy to see a red light. It was over seven days since we had power in our community as well as the entire road leading up to our community. The police became lights as they waved the normally crazy cranky traffic through. Bless their hearts, they toiled in black uniforms in…
Irma…After the Storm
We are OK. Better than OK. We do not have power or internet, but the generator gives us lights, fans, refrigerator, stove top, and charging abilities. And ATT&T is giving me free data on my phone for 3 days (So I was able to watch the Pats lose on my phone…sad face). Now for the…