The bad news is...Mike couldn't come, because of BCM responsibilities, and I had to drive through storms to get here.
We had 12 (update: 14) tornados in Arkansas yesterday, at least 2 of which were F3's, and 7 people (update: 8) were killed. The first hour of my drive I was very uneasy...okay, scared is more accurate. I would look at the sky, watching for funnel clouds, then back at the road, then in the ditches on the side of the road, planning what to do if I had to pull over, then back to the road. I was praying for God to dissipate the storm, then started singing, "Ah Lord God, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power. Ah Lord God, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thine outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for thee! Nothing is too difficult for thee! Great and mighty God, great in counsel and mighty in deed. Nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing, nothing is too difficult for thee." Remember that one? It calmed me down. We stopped for gas and a potty, and I asked the lady behind the cash register if there was severe weather anywhere, and she said, "All over the state. Be careful!" Yikes. When I left there, the sky opened up. It poured. I drove through blinding rain for about 30 minutes. Then it quit, and the sky cleared up. Phew! We stopped in Little Rock for lunch and to visit the Arkansas Historic Museum (which I LOVED!), then went on to Conway. I found out that night that one of the tornados was right where we had eaten lunch. When we got to my Mom's house, she said she'd had a few sprinkles and that was it. Another F3 hit about 30 minutes north of her house. Shudder.
More good news...I got to see my Uncle Billy and cousin Valerie, whom I haven't seen since my Dad's funeral 6 1/2 years ago!! She's 6 months older than me, and we had such a good time talking and laughing and catching up. We slept in twin beds in the same room, just like old times.
And one more goody...
my nephew
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Bless your heart - having to drive through in that weather! I would have been singing the same song.....I sing that one a lot! It's very comforting. I loved the pictures. And that can't be Mark Phillip!!!! I remember holding him when he was born. We can't be that old can we????? :-)
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