This morning my heart is just so heavy. Our state was devastated yesterday by mother nature. I have never prayed so hard for God to spare my family as I did yesterday (multiple times). This picture is of my friend Brandon's street just off of East Limestone Rd in Limestone County. My old house is about two miles from here, and my brother is about three miles from here. Brandon is ok, but his house has major damage.
I left work just before 3 to go pick up Baby Sam. When I got to his house I stayed there for an hour until the tornado warnings for our county was cleared. I wasn't about to get that sweet baby out in a tornado. When the radar looked good we made a dash for my house so that he could hang out with YaYa and JJ while his parents went to work. When I got home from work I called my brother who lives just east of Athens to tell him to take shelter (he sleeps days so I didn't know if he was awake). He said he was in the "safe" place, because he could see the debri flying outside his house. This made my heart just stop. He said we have no way of getting weather updates so for me to keep them posted. I told him just to cover those babies up and PRAY! As I sat at watched the weather more intently than ever before I put out a text to my Mom and Sister to let them know Paul's status and to PRAY for them! The Lord answered our prayers yesterday. I am so thankful he did! I couldn't handle anything happening to them right now. Paul said his house is ok, but others around him are gone. There is all sorts of building materials in their yard, and some areas of their road are completely leveled. He doesn't have good cell phone reception right now, because one of the towers was destroyed so he can't call out. I have also talked to most of our friends from the Huntsville area and they are ok. One of our friends said his neighborhood is destroyed, but his house just has some damage. The city of Huntsville is without power for at least four to five days so many of our loved ones there will be coming to Florence to stay for a couple nights.
I just can't stop watching the coverage of these storms. I can't stop thinking about how close we lived to these areas that were destroyed. I wonder if my old house is still standing (yes I plan to have my brother drive by and check on it). I feel attached to that house since we built it. I can't drive by it anymore because the new owners don't keep the yard up and it makes me mad. I constantly kept waking up in the night just thanking God for my family and that we were all ok. My sweet Emma called last night to tell me she was in a tornado and that she needed to come to my house tomorrow. Bless that child! It was all I could not to burst into tears hearing her voice. I am just so blessed and thankful for her and her family. I can't imagine life without any of them.
I left work just before 3 to go pick up Baby Sam. When I got to his house I stayed there for an hour until the tornado warnings for our county was cleared. I wasn't about to get that sweet baby out in a tornado. When the radar looked good we made a dash for my house so that he could hang out with YaYa and JJ while his parents went to work. When I got home from work I called my brother who lives just east of Athens to tell him to take shelter (he sleeps days so I didn't know if he was awake). He said he was in the "safe" place, because he could see the debri flying outside his house. This made my heart just stop. He said we have no way of getting weather updates so for me to keep them posted. I told him just to cover those babies up and PRAY! As I sat at watched the weather more intently than ever before I put out a text to my Mom and Sister to let them know Paul's status and to PRAY for them! The Lord answered our prayers yesterday. I am so thankful he did! I couldn't handle anything happening to them right now. Paul said his house is ok, but others around him are gone. There is all sorts of building materials in their yard, and some areas of their road are completely leveled. He doesn't have good cell phone reception right now, because one of the towers was destroyed so he can't call out. I have also talked to most of our friends from the Huntsville area and they are ok. One of our friends said his neighborhood is destroyed, but his house just has some damage. The city of Huntsville is without power for at least four to five days so many of our loved ones there will be coming to Florence to stay for a couple nights.
I just can't stop watching the coverage of these storms. I can't stop thinking about how close we lived to these areas that were destroyed. I wonder if my old house is still standing (yes I plan to have my brother drive by and check on it). I feel attached to that house since we built it. I can't drive by it anymore because the new owners don't keep the yard up and it makes me mad. I constantly kept waking up in the night just thanking God for my family and that we were all ok. My sweet Emma called last night to tell me she was in a tornado and that she needed to come to my house tomorrow. Bless that child! It was all I could not to burst into tears hearing her voice. I am just so blessed and thankful for her and her family. I can't imagine life without any of them.
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