TSMSS: Untitled Hymn

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This song is so beautifully done...it brings me to tears when I hear it, it's so beautiful.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I.

Please remember all of the tornado victims in Ms., Al., and Tn. in your prayers.  Such devastation and loss of life.

Calm Day

Yesterday was much calmer than Wednesday.  In Greene County, which is about 1 1/2 hours from me, there were some deaths from the storm.  I have a couple of very good friends who live there, so I checked with them to make sure they were okay.  One friend said that several of his kids' schoolmates lost their houses, and one lost her father.  The other friend said that she and her family were okay, but there were many who weren't and needed prayers.

I texted OS a couple of times before I got an answer:  He was okay and he didn't think it was bad at his university.  I think he's just used to SC storms and didn't realize just how bad it was.  One of my sisters lives near the university.  She said that there was some damage to her house, but they were fine.  It's a good thing tax season is over; her husband has time to take care of things now.

MS' car did not have a branch through it: his broken back window was the courtesy of hail.  I went up and put plastic over it; he drove it home yesterday evening and vacuumed the glass out.  I couldn't believe how much glass is actually in a back window.  It completely shattered.

 

There were several cars in the same shape when I pulled into where he had parked his car.  And, all of the kids who came by and talked to me told me their cars had damage, too.    His poor little car has dents all over it, too.  It looked pitiful.  When I went to Lowes to get the plastic and tape, I talked to 4 people who said they had windows in their house broken.  So, it could've been much worse.  God was really protecting us last night.

Good news:  the baby bunnies appeared to have made it through the storms just fine.  I checked on them yesterday morning and saw the cover of the burrow moving.  Mama was close by, keeping an eye on me.  Pepper's been doing a good job of listening to me when I say, "Uuuuuh" when she starts heading toward the burrow; Ally is still clueless.  Here's a picture of Mama Bunny:  the burrow is just to the right of the tree on the left.

Another weekend is upon us.  Gosh, I love Fridays!  

Thunderation

I started this post last night, and finished it this morning, so it may seem a "little" fragmented!

Things were really rockin' & rollin' in my neck of the woods last night.  We had almost a continuous tornado warning for about 8 hours.  The rain was off & on, and at a couple of points we had some good-sized hail.  We had to go down into the basement a few times. 

My main concern in all of this were the baby bunnies Pepper discovered Tuesday evening.  I was outside with the girls, and Pepper walked under a tree and was sniffing at something.  I looked over and thought it was a bird's nest that had fallen out of a tree.  As I got near, I looked down and saw a couple of little-bitty baby bunnies in a little burrow!  I shooed Pepper away and let CH & YS know so they would watch her when she went out.  Ally had no interest at all.  She's pretty clueless.

I checked on the bunnies when I got home yesterday.  Mama bunny had covered up the burrow pretty well; if I didn't know it was there I wouldn't be able to tell.

When the boys were younger, when it stormed I would always "sing" this cheer to them:
Thun thun thun thunder...
Thunderation!  We're the (Small town!) delegation
When we fight with... determination we create a...sensation
(And then you repeat that until someone tells you to be quiet!)

When I was little, I was terrified of storms.  As a matter of fact, it wasn't until after I got married and CH went to an Army School that I put my big girl panties on and it didn't bother me.  The Rosary was my biggest comfort when it stormed at night.  I would lay in my bed and say the heck out of some Hail Mary's!  My parents didn't believe in any of us getting in bed with them.  I guess they figured that if they let one in, they'd have to let all of  us in.  The couple of times I remember getting my courage up to even go to their door, I was turned away with the reminder to say my Rosary. 

A few years ago, the high school football team opened their season at a high school that's about 3 hours away from us.  We could see the storm coming, but CH & I (and a few other idiots) thought it was just a little summer storm, and it would pass over.  The announcer told everybody to go to the school, but some of us decided to ride it out under the concrete bleachers.  BIG. MISTAKE.  People were praying, some were laughing, telling jokes, and some were singing gospel songs.  The wind blew, the lightening was intense, the thunder was loud, and the hail came down.  The lights went out and the wind started swirling.  At that point I thought, "we're okay unless it starts hailing."  About that time, down it came.  More Hail Mary's were prayed as I hid behind CH and was holding his hand as hard as I could.  All I could think about was CH's high school that got hit by a tornado, and that I didn't want to die under the bleachers of a high school stadium in a place I've never been before.  Obviously, we got out of there just fine, found MS (YS was spending the night at my parents' house & OS had just started college) and headed to the hotel.  I took a long, hot shower; the best shower I think I've ever had before in my life.

No school today because of downed trees blocking roads and power outages.  Our yard appears to be okay, the only casualty was the "stick tree" that broke off.  Our cars had minimal hail damage, or appeared to.  MS' car (that he had brought home a couple of weeks ago but decided to take back to school on Sunday) apparently has a branch through the window.   I saw mama bunny this morning near the burrow, so hopefully they're okay.  

I realize I'm rambling, but it was a crazy night.  How do you handle thunderstorms/tornado warnings?  Do they make you nervous, or do you love them?