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After The Storm

 What a crazy week.  It really stretched us as a family.  Electricity is the most wonderful invention ever!  Although there were challenges last week there were also blessings and answered prayers, but we had to look hard for them.
 After waking up Tuesday after the storm we were hungry, cold, and cranky.  The hubs went out to find food but everyone around us was without power.  What to do now!  Wifey to the rescue!!  Yes I got to fulfill my calling as his help meet.  When I went out I found, ta-da!!...Chik Fil A... open!!!! I've never seen people so happy to eat, we love this place so it truly was blessing number 2.  Blessing number one was that a tree didn't fall on my house and no one was hurt.
Wednesday we went to my mom's in Jersey. They did not lose power and we were able to eat, get cleaned up and see family we hadn't seen in a while. Blessing number three!!  There were many other little blessings in between (like me not losing it), but these were the big ones.

Blessing four.....POWER!!! Our lights came back on which means heat and hot water too!  Thank God for electricity, I can't say that enough.

Thursday after waking up we needed things like milk and bread and food to eat for the day.  Well, to my surprise, my grocery store that I shop at was open and fully operational.  They never lost power because they were smart enough to bring in giant generators so the food would not spoil. Blessing number five!!

When I came home with a weeks worth of groceries my hubby gave me that, "Wow, you are my hero", look.  The Lord came through once again and showed us grace and mercy throughout this ordeal.

It was not an easy forty-eight hours (felt like a week!) but we got through it and realized once again how blessed we are.  Sorry it took a hurricane to remember that.....

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