A lot can change in a week!

I am writing this post just less than 24 hours of receiving power back to our home. Our area has been without power for 5 straight days now. As most of you know I live in the North East corner of Alabama and we were hit really hard by the storms that came through. I did not sustain any damage to my home (Thank you Lord for the hedge of protection) however the old homestead up on the mountain sustained some major damage. We lost the barn that Bo's grandfather built and all of his grandfather's stuff is now gone. Bo's grandfather died 8 years ago so this makes it a little harder on the family. I know that it was just stuff and the memories my husband have of that barn and his grandfather will stay with him and that lives can not be replaced. There were many people that lost their lives in our area from these storms. I personally know a woman who's son died in Tuscaloosa that horrible Wednesday. My heart goes out to her and all the others in our area and really all over the state that lost their loved ones and everything they have ever owned.

My husband as most of you have read is a race car driver and if you are going to race you have to have a generator. I can not tell you how much I LOVE HIM RACING as I do when the power goes out. I know most people do not have these things and we are apart of the blessed few that did not loose all that was in our fridge and freezers! Bo and I had already planned to be racing out of town this weekend so we decided to load up our motor home a little early and get out of town. I felt horrible leaving but at that time they were telling us if we had no business being in a certain neighborhood then they would arrest us. I knew there was nothing I could do but pray and lets face it prayer is really the best thing I could do for them.

We headed out of town with our little family of 5 up the mountain where evidence of the storm was everywhere. There was Federal Emergency command post set up and Military Police out in full force. There were Tree's that had to be well over 100 year old down on homes, across streets, snapped in two. The further we got into the rural area the worse the damage was. We drove down a stretch of highway that there were people standing on their roofs and there roofs were only maybe 5 ft off the ground. The only thing they had left was the roof the house had collapsed. There were 18 wheeler's slammed into school buses. A place I use to go watch basketball games over the years you could see the seating from the highway it just ripped this place apart! It was more than I could take and I began to cry and pray for these people. My children came to the window ( we have seat belts in our couch area of the motor home. So don't think they were up running a muck in the motor home) to look out and I heard my little 4 year old son say Oh No We need to pray for them! Lord knows these kids drive me crazy half the time and I am ready to send them to boarding school (totally kidding, I think some people don't get me) but my mercy it did this Mamma's heart to hear my baby boy say those words with compassion in his voice. We prayed for them as we drove down the road.

I want to thank our local power company SEPB you guys rocked it out and got us up and running well before the masses got their power! Our churches have been going above and beyond to be the Father's hands and feet. It's amazing to me how fast our worlds can change in a week. I am so grateful that HE (THE FATHER) never changes he is the same yesterday today and forever. I can not tell you how blessed I feel to be able to even post this. It's in times like these were I just wanna say FORGET THE PAST, Forget all the drama, and lets just love like HE loved... I pray that I can do this and lend a helping hand. I hope everyone has a blessed week.