Just when you think you've got it all under control, God gives you a wake up call. On October 30th the call came via hurricane Sandy. For some it was just a windy day, a heavy rain, maybe a power outage. For others it was much more devastating - damaged property, homes lost, and at worst death - an estimated 250 killed across North America.
For some Sandy already seems like a distant memory, and for others it's as if Sandy never left, and she never will.
So what does Sandy leave us to be thankful for? All the typical things that people are thankful for, but hopefully with some sincerity, thoughtfulness, and a dose of reality. For life, for shelter, for food, for friends and family, for someplace to crash if even just for a few nights 'till your power comes back on, for health, for hope, for knowing that it could have been me.
A friend of mine tried to be light hearted about the fact that her car was totaled in the storm. I received this post-storm text. "My pillows have been destroyed!" The next text was a picture of her car.
I gave her a call to find out if she was ok. Despite the destruction she seemed in good spirits. She was concerned that her one-of-a-kind Made With Gratitude pillows were ruined as they were in the back seat of her car. Oddly enough her daughter had tried to bring the pillows inside a few days before, but Liz decided she preferred to have them in the car.
A few days later Liz reported that the pillows were ok. A few minutes in the wash and they were like new. The car, well that's another story......but we can still be thankful that the pillows survived!
Here are pictures of the pillows, taken this summer!
So thankful,
Andrea
