Anything But Grey: We Won't Forget This One!

Thursday, June 22, 2023

We Won't Forget This One!

Father's Day has often gotten pushed under the rug a bit due to the timing of the holiday in relation to our annual VBS. There have been several years that we've postponed it a week to give me more time to get something special together to celebrate Chris. As the kids have gotten older, we've done better with celebrating it on the day, but if ever there was a year we should have pushed it, this was it!

We all went to bed Saturday evening knowing there was a strong possibility for severe storms, which is nothing unusual or new to us. However, we ended up having record breaking 100+ mph straight line winds that night that did a huge amount of damage!

Many, many people woke up Sunday morning to damaged trees, houses, vehicles, and property. An estimated 200,000 people also woke up without power, including us and Mom and Dad.

Our playset sustained some wind damage.

Our plan for the day was to go to church then all go to Mom and Dad's house for a nice Father's Day lunch. Mom was providing the main dish (ham), while the Earls and us were planning to make the sides. Without power, we were unable to move forward with our plans. Instead, we all went to the Earls house (they had power) after church and had tacos with sides. Most of the area restaurants were closed due to no power or absolutely swamped. It wasn't the best meal we've ever put together, but we made it work!

It wasn't even 24 hours before our power was restored, but there are many families that are still waiting. There is a lot of storm clean-up still going on, and we feel very fortunate that we didn't go days without power like so many have.

I saw this online not too long after the storm, and it made me laugh a whole lot. Sometimes, this is just how things be!