RUN

I want to run, run so far no one and nothing can touch me. I don't want to think about anyone dying or sneaky little girls hiding food in her room. I don't want to hear rejection calls or children complaining because they have to help clean house! I just want to run far into the ocean and float for miles to my own private deserted island where it is just me and God and nothing! I want to run so far that I can't see the disgusted look on my husbands face because once again I failed to meet his expectations or be able to hear what ever YOU want, as long as YOU are happy. Truth is, i am never HAPPY, I don't know what i want out of life. Do i want to work or be a stay at home mom or do I want to run, run far far away like Forrest did? Today my life is too much and I don't want to live it anymore, hopefully tomorrow God will give me the strength to not run but stay.

How My Life Was Saved part 2

The calls started coming in from my church about a church members parents being trapped in their home and how it was destroyed, so sad. But that is all I thought, nothing like that will ever happen to us. Before I went to bed I saw a picture on Facebook of some of the damage and then a different call came in, a call to join the team going down to Joplin to help, I talked to Ernie about it, I wanted to help. I felt a strong desire to go, but went to bed with out responding to the call. I woke up the next day still wanting to go, it was like a quite nag and eventually I called to join the team. We were on the road to Joplin by 1:30pm and this is were my life lessons began. I had never driven more than an hour or two by my self and here I am driving 4 hours all by my self, sure I was in a caravan of trucks and trailers but that was not to reassuring. I did learn that I can drive 4 hours and to keep the tunes going and snacks nearby. On the way down I kept seeing different crews driving down as well, already my heart is warming. I prayed a lot on the way down, I didn't know where I'd be used or what I would do but I knew I need God's gift of endurance for sure.

HOW MY LIFE WAS SAVED

It was Sunday, May 22, 2011 I was working at Lafayette Regional Health Center and about 3pm we got a call that a tornado was spotted a couple miles down the road. All the staff on the 2nd floor started working together to get all the patients into the hallway and close all doors to keep everyone safe. For two hours we stood in the hallway nervous and waiting. We were spared that afternoon only to find out when we got home that a hospital 200 miles away in Joplin lost it's top 2 floors...