Keep Blooming,

Good morning! It is a beautiful late winter day here in southern Indiana. Seventeen days before Spring is officially here, yay! This series of photos are ones that I took and edited this day in 2017. The first day of March we had a tree down in our front yard that also damaged our roof on the house. Strong winds came through the last evening of February. There had been sirens and tornado warnings through the night but I think what we had was just the strong wind, nothing touched down. One month earlier before this 2017 wind storm we had another kind of turbulance. My husband was in a car accident, Some metal pieces from a big truck in front of him came through the window on the drivers side. It hit him and he most likely passed out as the car went down the hill and hit a sign. I was pretty shook up when I got the call on the phone. I called my pastor who drove me to the hospital and sat with me until my children arrived. My husband had a skull fracture, broken ribs and also torn tendons in his along with bruising. It was a scary sight and time. He had to go to a bigger hospital in the nearest city by helocopter because the hospital in my town was not eqipped to deal with it all. It was a frightening , unreal feeling not knowing what the next days held. I do know God held me and covered me with His strength and comfort. I got this numb feeling like I was watching something that was not actually happening. I tried to pray but the numbness did not subside. I knew it was real yet I felt so weird. Still I knew that God was closer than ever. It is hard to explain. Perhaps it was the Lord's way of protecting me. I don't know but I do know I had the grace and strength I needed. Thankfully my husband did get better and it wasn't until he was released to go home that all those tears I held back fell. It was such a mix of emotions. I was safe to cry now. The next month he was home recovering and healing up from his surgery on his hand and getting stronger. The strange thing is exactly one month later we got hit by the wind storm. My husband was not yet physically strong and his arm was in a splint and his hand wrapped. What happened next though was the beauty of human kindness blessing us. There were neighbors who brought food and friends and church family who helped with the clean up. I sure don't understand why things happen but we live in an imperfect world. The sun shines on us all,storms come and bad things can happen to good people.

The picture is the husky I had at the time.