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“Wind and woes”

Dec 11, 2009 My thoughts on...

Well, the major storm that struck approximately two-thirds of the U.S. has caused some major headaches at our house. First of all, the wind snapped one of our three massive and quite beautiful white pines off below ground level, leaving what appears to be an empty hole where one would expect to see a stump. The tree beside it was snapped off about half-way up like a giant toothpick. Amazingly, the third pine was left pretty much intact (although it looks a little bare without its ”buddies” standing next to it).

Then, just a few minutes later the power went off. But instead of it being restored in just a few hours as is typical, we are now on our third day without electricity. I’m having to head over to the county library every morning to get my work done, and even that has turned out to be a challenge since the storm has also made their WI-FI connection spotty at best.

Things could be better for sure, but they could also be a lot worse. We’re still healthy, the house is still in one piece, and the good Lord is still looking out for us. All in all, I’d have to say that we’ve been blessed.