I Want To Ride Out Every Storm With Her!

There was thunder and lightening and wind...and then the wind stopped and we got scared!!

It was the first time I can ever remember making preparations for a coming tornado. We stripped the bed, gathered the blankets, got the mattress ready to pull on top of us, stood in the middle of the house and waited.

I was glad my child was awake, even if she was scared, it was better to have her right there with me...I looked at the things in my house, all the "stuff" that makes up a life. None of it mattered - I just wanted my child glued to my side...just in case.

It was scary...even though we tried really hard to keep calm, I will not lie, it was scary. She sensed it...and then she did something that shocked me. I shouldn't have been shocked, I guess it just caught me off guard. My husband and I were running back and forth in the house, preparing and looking at the scary dark clouds and sky, wondering what was coming...and my child, in all her four year old wisdom, dropped to her knees in the hallway and prayed. She prayed out loud -- she did what we should have been doing all along. Her quiet little voice, shaky and filled with worry simply asked God to protect us, make the tornadoes go away and keep all the other people safe too.

He did...we were safe, never had to take cover and although the thunder and lightening were all around, inside, we were at peace!

I want to ride out every storm with her...she knows just the right preparations to make.

Living Happily In the Moment!
Bev