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tornado

Oh the thinks I think.  I need to think.  I need to write.  I need to settle.  I need to rest.

...two hours into the commute... ...on the freeway... driving at the speed of...

I left the house at 5:39 a.m., and made it to work a little after 8.  Part of me wonders what on earth I have done, moving my family and my self out into the country.  Granted, had I been able to leave the house at 5:20, which is the goal, I might well have made it to work by 6:30.  Traffic is insane like that.  But who knows.  Part of me is concerned about winter and how life out there will be.  I have to remind myself that thousands of other people live out there and still function, so we will also be able to function.  I may have to work from home if the roads are particularly bad.  And thanks be to God that I can do that. 

Everything will be okay.  I know that everything will be okay.  But right now, everything hurts.  Only, I don’t dare take much time to give it much thought.  There is too much to do in this storm right now.  There is work.  There is caring for my children.  There are appointments.  There are meetings.  There is a steady flow of things that require my time, all my time, so I just keep going, keep doing, and walk through this storm.  Things will settle around me and everything will be fine.  The blue sky will burst through the clouds.  There will be sunshine and fresh air.  Everything will be fine.  Everything is fine.

Everything is Fine

We are warm.  We are fed.  We are safe.  We are comfortable.  We are loved.  We are fine.