Last Wednesday I woke up to pine cones falling on the roof, which happens often. It was louder than usual and I figured it had probably woken Eli up. I was just going to go in his room to see and as soon as I raised up out of the bed, the power went out. Sure enough, he was awake and just laying in his crib. I picked him up and went to look out the window. About that time I could hear the wind blowing and what sounded like the roof trying to come up, which ended up being the tin on the porch blowing off. I think it was about 6:45 or a little after, I never even looked at the time. Cody had went to work early to do some things before school and had been trying to call and tell me to go up to his mom’s before the storms came, but I didn’t hear the phone ring. After I looked outside I started to get scared. I had to find the cord phone to plug up and it seemed like it took me forever to get it plugged up. I called Cody first but he didn’t answer, then I called his mom and the phone went out while it was ringing. Now I was really scared and starting to panic. I knew it was bad when I looked outside and could see the wind and rain and trees down in the yard. I was thinking that maybe I could drive up to Jan’s, but I was afraid I might wreck. I knew that I didn’t want to be home by myself so I thought I could just run up there, but that wasn’t going to happen. I got to the road and there were trees down everywhere. I ran back inside and got in the shower with Eli, praying the whole time. After what seemed like forever but was realy only a couple of minutes, it seemed to calm down a little. I found my cell phone which is usually always dead because we get no service at our house. Thank goodness is wasn’t dead and I went and stood by the window and got service. I called Jan, she said they would come get us as soon as they could get debris out from behind the cars, but they couldn’t have made it anyway because of the trees down in the road. I grabbed Eli’s diaper bag, some extra clothes for him, his blanket, and I decided to just make my way up to Jan’s on my own. I had to climb over and go under trees, but I just didn’t want to be by myself with Eli anymore. Thank God another storm didn’t come through right then. The Lord was definitely with us that morning and He kept us safe.
The only damage we had to our house was the roof on the porch. Trees fell everywhere in the yard, a couple just missing the dining room and Eli’s room. It is so scary just thinking about what could have happened, but we were very fortunate. Some tin must have hit the side of the car because there is a piece missing out of the side. Other than that, everything’s fine. Cody’s parents had a lot more damage. The storm blew most of the tin off their chicken house. Their pump house and potting shed are gone. The back awning blew over the house and knocked out a window in his dad’s truck. We are all just so blessed that it wasn’t worse and that we are all safe.
We were without power for 5 ½ days and stayed with Cody’s parents the whole time. Not having power wasn’t all that bad, but no hot water for showers wasn’t any fun. Most nights we grilled something for supper. After we ate there wasn’t much to do except go to bed. We went to bed early and got up early. Eli slept with me and I was afraid that once we got back home he wouldn’t want to go back to his crib, but he has done fine. I’m very thankful that we had a house to come back to.
