Hello friends!
I’m collecting myself and basking in gratitude. My family and friends came through the storm relatively unscathed.
The boys, our cat, and I left Savannah voluntarily last Wednesday after school was cancelled and drove to my mom’s outside of Atlanta.
Gil stayed to tie up some loose ends at work and arrived Thursday night with our two large dogs.
My mother welcomed us, and overall this extended stay hasn’t been bad — she and I typically have a three-day maximum, but we’ve both worked hard to remain on our best behavior.
Gil went back to Savannah last night. We still don’t have power, but our house was in relatively good shape — no major structural damage, only a minor fence issue and a few trees down.
The kids are out of school the rest of this week, so once power’s restored we’ll be heading back.
I’m doing my best to stay present, and I’ve been surprisingly calm. This is by far the largest natural disaster I’ve ever experienced, and while it has been scary and trying on numerous levels, I feel extremely fortunate.
We’ve been shown so much love and kindness on this trip, so I’m going to do my best to focus on that, and for now I’ll spare you some of the inevitable challenges of our inpromptu getaway.
Words are somewhat failing me this evening, but I wanted to give you an update.
Lots of love and gratitude to each of you.
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Thank you for the read, I am grateful for that today. I am happy that you came out on the positive end of the storm, I love your city!
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Thank you so much for stopping by and commenting. I really love your blog. I haven’t done much blog reading lately, but I thoroughly enjoyed your post and made a note to take a closer look soon. I went to three different colleges in Alabama (took me a while to get on the right track), so I have a lot of love for the state. Hope you make it back to Savannah! I agree it’s a lovely city and I’m encouraged by how our community has responded to Hurricane Matthew. Clean up is coming along nicely!
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I’m so glad everyone is safe and well! Here’s to keeping that remarkable presence of mind:).
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Thank you! I appreciate the kind words. We’re slowly getting back to normal. As for “that remarkable presence of mind,” well, it’s minute to minute, but I’m doing my best. 🙂
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Glad you’re ok in the big sense, and glad that you’re ok in the personal sense. I miss living in Savannah!
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Thank you for the kind words!
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Thank you. I’m hanging in there. I’m certain Savannah would welcome you back. I agree it’s a special city!
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Obviously I’m a bit off my game — I responded to this twice. sigh. 🙂
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Wonderful post of love and gratitude. Glad to hear that you all fared well.
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😊 Lots of breathing and hiding in solitary spots, but I’m managing. I’m
gearing up for the long drive home today.
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I hope all is well once you are back home.
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Thanks. Lots of clean-up still, but we’re getting there. 🙂
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I echo everyone else’s loving comment – I’m relieved to read this update; thanks for letting us know, my dear!
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Thank you, Dyane. I am so ready to be home!
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I’m so glad you guys are okay!!!!! Scary!
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Thank you! We’re close to normal now. Not sure how comforting that is, but overall we’re doing well.
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I’m glad to hear that you are ok. I live just outside of Charleston and I certainly agree with your assessment that it was things got scary. I hope cleanup and repair goes smoothly!
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It WAS scary, wasn’t it? How are you doing? Did you have a lot of clean up? I hope things have settled for you.
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We did not have a whole lot of cleanup to do. Neighbors had a tree on their house and that really put things in perspective.
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I have close family members that left Savanah too. Thankfully they were not hard-hit. I hope you get your power back soon! So glad you made it through okay!!!
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Thank you so much! I hope your relatives are getting along okay in the aftermath. Our yards are still a mess, and we are only halfway through the fence repair, but I’ll take it. It was pretty scary.
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Glad you are safe!
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Thank you so much! I’m grateful for sure.
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i’m glad to hear that you are all okay -that whole experience must have beens so scary.
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Thank you! It really was scary, but things have settled, and overall I’m feeling better.
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