Shelly and I are on day 2 of our vacation with my Mom. So far our trip has been un-eventful, until today..... About 3:00 pm central time, the tornado sirens went off.
We have lived in Florida now for 5 years. The longer we live in Florida, the more out of tune I become to the mid-west way of life. For instance, tornadoes. Yes, we get them in Florida, but they are different. Wall clouds in Florida don't bother me one bit. Severe weather doesn't bother me nor does the cloud to ground lightening. I can even handle the occasional hurricane threat, but a mid-western tornado, NO-WAY!!!
The minute the sirens went off, my heart hit the floor. I grabbed Shelly and told her to get in the shower now. What was I thinking? Shower?? So, she jumped in the shower crying, scared out of her mind. "Mommy, I don't want to die". I had to pull her out of the shower and made her look eye to eye at me and immediately prayed with her. Once I prayed, I was fine. I was no longer scared. Shelly on the other hand, was in my nieces bedroom packing all of our belongings saying she was ready to go home now.
After I got her ready to go, her and I headed out for a late lunch to a "solid" location. Once the storm passed, we came back to my Mom's trailer.
Now as I type, watching the local news, we have more rough weather on the way. I am making a decision not to say anything to Shelly. We have music on and the little neighbor girl over so hopefully she will be distracted if the siren goes off again.
Tomorrow it is suppose to by mid-west standards be very hot (90 degrees). I think we will go swimming. Hopefully, no bad weather tomorrow.
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Where are you? I know all about those tornadoes from being in Indiana all those years! So glad that you keep up with my blog. THANK YOU, thank you, for your prayers!!!!!
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