heavy heart

as scary as the storms were here yesterday, it is nothing like what our neighbors to the south endured. i can't even imagine what they must be going through down in alabama and my heart is so sad for them. if we lost our home i really have no idea what we would do. we don't have family here and we have a little one to care for. your home is your home. your safe place. often i think i take it for granted. i complain about all the things i don't like about it. i forget to remember what a blessing it is to have a little space to call our own. but it's not something to be taken for granted. safety from the storms is not something to be taken for granted either. as we speak there are thousands without power and shelter all over the south from yesterdays deadly storms. and i am counting my blessings and not taking for granted that we slept in our warm beds last night. i hope that there are many stories of amazing protection that come out of the events of yesterday.