Day# 6, moving away from the coast
Hello all!
As I got myself together to begin the journey back to NJ, life started to feel a little more like a real life...my life.
As I drove to Magee MS to stay overnight at Shellye McCarty's home, the storm damage began to ease off ( lots of damage here, but it looks more like most hurricane damage I have seen in the past) . I suddenly realized 2 things; I am glad I am not trying to drive far tonight...I'm far more tired than I thought, and darn it, it's practically raining fat nasty bugs!
Heck, they are mating on my windshield if I'm not killing them first! I can't even squeegee them off because they land on it while I'm cleaning it and then I have to start all over again!
I am going to take the time tomorrow and the next day driving home to consider all that the past few days has given me. I feel as though God has brought me to this place for a reason. It's been strange that I have had little inconvenience in my journey south. The worst moment was this morning when I was trying to re-attach the U-haul onto the back of my truck to take back to NJ. I jiggled that $%^%$^# thing every way I could figure and could not get it to settle onto the hitch. I called my husband and told him I could not figure it out~ to which he replied " Audrey, I am at the bank, and I am going grocery shopping after. I cannot come to Hattiesburg and help you. Figure it out." If I could have sent a raspberry thru the phone, I would have.
After sweating so badly that I needed a shower again, I stopped, prayed "Please God, Please let me figure this out. I can't do it without your help." And of course it then triumphantly slipped right onto the cradle. Clearly there was a message there that I needed. I need to remember that I am not in this alone, and God is in the details. I'm so glad, because I can now relax and remember that God can take car of the small stuff, and the big stuff too. And can take care of me on the way home.
While in Bay St. Louis, I spent time looking for Phi Mu sisters who were also insured with State Farm. I spent part of yesterday cross referencing our Phi Mu master list from the area with the State Farm client list from the area to find whomever I could and make sure they are okay. I found a woman named Margaret who lived in Diamondhead...but I did not have a claim listed for her and I got worried that 2 weeks had gone by and we had not heard from her. I called the number on the policy- but as expected it was inoperable as it was her house phone. I started to worry about how to find her.
And then God decided to show me that details are where I should look. The very next woman to sit down in front of me with a claim lived on the same street as Margaret! While she did not know her, I told her to give her a business card and have her call me.
About 20 minutes later the cell phone rang. While it was not Margaret, it was the woman I had been working with telling me that she found Margaret- in fact Margaret had just driven back into Diamondhead about 10 minutes before that and she gave her my card. She is well, her house has moderate damage but still stands. It is a wonder to me how out of all of the thousands of people we were to talk to that day, the one living on the same road would appear just as I was worried about how to manage it. I need to remember that I do not need to manage it at all.
Thumbs up today to:
Fried Catfish!
Gumbo! ( can you tell I have been eating out of a cooler for most of my meals?)
Squeegies and auto windshield cleaner!
Phi Mu.
My husband.
Thumbs down today to:
The coming travel time in the car...and the numb butt that will follow
I have to begin to obey the speed limit again :(
Love in our Bond,
Audrey
As I got myself together to begin the journey back to NJ, life started to feel a little more like a real life...my life.
As I drove to Magee MS to stay overnight at Shellye McCarty's home, the storm damage began to ease off ( lots of damage here, but it looks more like most hurricane damage I have seen in the past) . I suddenly realized 2 things; I am glad I am not trying to drive far tonight...I'm far more tired than I thought, and darn it, it's practically raining fat nasty bugs!
Heck, they are mating on my windshield if I'm not killing them first! I can't even squeegee them off because they land on it while I'm cleaning it and then I have to start all over again!
I am going to take the time tomorrow and the next day driving home to consider all that the past few days has given me. I feel as though God has brought me to this place for a reason. It's been strange that I have had little inconvenience in my journey south. The worst moment was this morning when I was trying to re-attach the U-haul onto the back of my truck to take back to NJ. I jiggled that $%^%$^# thing every way I could figure and could not get it to settle onto the hitch. I called my husband and told him I could not figure it out~ to which he replied " Audrey, I am at the bank, and I am going grocery shopping after. I cannot come to Hattiesburg and help you. Figure it out." If I could have sent a raspberry thru the phone, I would have.
After sweating so badly that I needed a shower again, I stopped, prayed "Please God, Please let me figure this out. I can't do it without your help." And of course it then triumphantly slipped right onto the cradle. Clearly there was a message there that I needed. I need to remember that I am not in this alone, and God is in the details. I'm so glad, because I can now relax and remember that God can take car of the small stuff, and the big stuff too. And can take care of me on the way home.
While in Bay St. Louis, I spent time looking for Phi Mu sisters who were also insured with State Farm. I spent part of yesterday cross referencing our Phi Mu master list from the area with the State Farm client list from the area to find whomever I could and make sure they are okay. I found a woman named Margaret who lived in Diamondhead...but I did not have a claim listed for her and I got worried that 2 weeks had gone by and we had not heard from her. I called the number on the policy- but as expected it was inoperable as it was her house phone. I started to worry about how to find her.
And then God decided to show me that details are where I should look. The very next woman to sit down in front of me with a claim lived on the same street as Margaret! While she did not know her, I told her to give her a business card and have her call me.
About 20 minutes later the cell phone rang. While it was not Margaret, it was the woman I had been working with telling me that she found Margaret- in fact Margaret had just driven back into Diamondhead about 10 minutes before that and she gave her my card. She is well, her house has moderate damage but still stands. It is a wonder to me how out of all of the thousands of people we were to talk to that day, the one living on the same road would appear just as I was worried about how to manage it. I need to remember that I do not need to manage it at all.
Thumbs up today to:
Fried Catfish!
Gumbo! ( can you tell I have been eating out of a cooler for most of my meals?)
Squeegies and auto windshield cleaner!
Phi Mu.
My husband.
Thumbs down today to:
The coming travel time in the car...and the numb butt that will follow
I have to begin to obey the speed limit again :(
Love in our Bond,
Audrey
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