While I still made a few calls on the Crisis hotline, it was far less than the week before. Between being busy with normal life and fighting off a yucky bug, I wasn’t as available as I had been. There weren’t any organized volunteers for tree clearing this weekend either, so I guess as a …
While somethings have gone back to normal life– school is back in session where attendance actually counts, dance lessons are in full swing, sports are back to games and practicing, grocery stores are starting to normalize, etc.– some things are still off and sometimes a bit overwhelming. Andy has been out helping cut down trees …
Often times in natural disasters– even if you don’t lose power and water, finding fresh foods in the grocery stores can be tricky. During Hurricane Harvey’s recovery, I remember crying when we saw restaurants opening back up, because it meant food was more readily available. Between people panicking and buying all there is, stores losing …
We had our first taste of “normalcy” by leaving all the chaos to go to a town with power. It wasn’t completely normal because we don’t usually drive an hour away to go to a book store, get some more fresh groceries, and sit in a Chick-fil-a for two hours to enjoy the peace and …
Though some of our lessons of preparedness were learned as we went on, I’m going to use the third day to share what we learned. I was panicked. Especially Saturday morning. I woke up with dread in my heart because though we had plenty of food, most of it was going to go bad that …
Full disclosure, some of this was written on my Facebook page already and this will be a long post. But it’s for my records, so read it or don’t 😉 Day 1 When hurricanes hit the southeastern coast, we usually prepare ourselves, but not in the way you’d think. We make sure that we have …
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