We are experiencing a cold, wet and windy day.

...a cold, wet and windy day...

That is just a scout, there are worse to come.  We are still in Fall mode with temps dropping a little this weekend.  I don't mind.  I love MI, but I didn't move South because I like cold weather.

...I hope you didn't lose anything or were injured.

  My aunt lives in Jacksonville, Florida, she was up here in Michigan visiting her son when the last storm came through. She mentioned no damage was done. But the anxiety & worry of what might have happen to her home was of top priority...

It's hard to walk off and leave your home in God's hands.  I did so much prep that I really hacked off Ray.  He's such a mild mannered man, but I guess he took my prep as lack of faith.  I have to do what I do and then I know I've done all I can.  Then I can walk off and not be panicked.  I've done this three times now.  I have a wind chime hanging on our deck that was outside during Opal back in '96.  I secured everything that was outside.  As the wind was howling in the 107 year old house we went to because we were going to have a hurricane party/prayer fest, I remembered that wind chime was still hanging on the porch.  I asked God to keep it safe for me.  He did.

The Lord was gracious to both Missy and myself.  Missy had minor damage and I had none, except Ray's feelings, which I hope, are healed over by now.  I still have some things in storage because hurricane season isn't over.  I'm tired of the unsettling feeling of all of the storms that came in on us this year.  Yet, I know it's by God's grace we don't live like that all the time.  The earth could quake and we could have hurricanes continually.