October 23, 2001

• Good morning.  We had a wind storm ALL night last night.  We have this HUGE tree beside our house--so that made me more then a little bit nervous.  Plus it kept feeling like our roof was gonna blow off--or some such thing.  The wind is still blowing this morning.

  
  

  We carved our pumpkins last night--they turned out very cute.  We don't celebrate halloween anymore, but I still enjoy carving the pumpkins   Samuel had the mostest fun!  He would clean out his small pumpkin.  Then pick up the bowl that had the pumpkin "guts" in it and dump them back into the pumpkin, and start all over.  This entertained him for a LONG time. 

  
  

  I didn't take any pictures--was too busy carving   But we'll take pictures of the kids with the pumpkins outside today.

  
  

  We went on our date night last night, and ended up coming home early.  We live up a long very woody country road, and I was extremely nervous that the road would get blocked off from trees.  So we came home & watched tv and sent the babysitter home--so she wouldn't get stranded at our house.

  
  

  And yes, its happened before.  Only it was our whole family getting stranded.  We went to the memorial service of the friend who died with all of her babies in  a car accident. (About 2 years ago)  And after the memorial service, came home got the babies from a friends house--and went back to the reception.  Because we were the volunteers to clean up afterwards.  Just before time to clean up--ALL the power went out.  So people scrounged through the Hall to find candles--and we cleaned by flash light & candles. 

  
  

  They had enough food left over to feed about 500 people--understanding that 700 people were at the funeral.  Anyhow we decided to drive a van load full to my mom & dads house--they have 6 kids at home--they can always use more food.

  
  

  So we drove the 3 miles to their house, dropped the stuff off & left--being at their house less then 5 minutes.  Turned around to go out the driveway, got a 1/4 of a mile from their house--and their was a tree about 3 foot in diameter across the road--and 2 others besides that.  We decided that driving (even if/when the roads got cleared would be foolhardy).  So we spent the night in my little sisters beds. 

  
  

  When we called the trees in--they said...oh thank you, and yes theres a tree down at mile post 56, and 48, and 47, and well you get the picture--it was a doozy of a storm.  You had to wonder if it was God's anger for the stupidity of loosing that family.  Even if they were in a better place.

  
  

  So why do I digress to this story.  2.5 years later.  Yesterday we headed out to go to the pumpkin patch, got to the main highway, and they told us the highway that we were on was closed--just past our house.  Their had been an accident.  I started crying almost immediately.  This section of road that was closed--was the exact same section that my friend & her babies were killed on.  And in similar weather conditions--only we had black ice that day.  It was just a day of de ja vu yesterday.

  
  

  And it was another log truck/car accident.  And there was a fatality.  Though nobody I know this time.  At least not that I've heard of yet.  And once again our long deserted country road became the Highway for about 6 hours while they detoured everybody around, so they could clear up the accident.

  
  

  I don't EVER care for this scenario to happen again.  Because everytime it does.  I will think of Sarah.  And grieve once again.

  
  

  Life is short--HUG your kids, forgive your hubby for his latest grievance.  (Trust me I'm sure there was one )  I know I had one last night--but its NOT worth it.  Tomorrow you may loose all your loved ones.    So HUG them tight.

  
  

  In the words of somebody dear.

  
  

  May you have the best of days. 

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