September 14th, Friday -We Know But Don’t Know About My Mom

Up this morning at a reasonable hour and in good spirits.  We left the AC on last night so the night was a comfortable one.  The temperature outside early morning was in the 70’s.  But that changed quite quickly.  At 11 am it was already pushing 90 degrees and the humidity was again at 70%.  We both agreed it was not a day to be walking around outside so we decided to postpone our visit to another working museum in this area.

Thanks one and all for keeping my mom in your prayers.  We are still unsure of exactly what is going on.  We do know that she is with a neighbor and that they are both high and dry.   At least for now.  This neighbor whose home never floods did tell us that she has an inch of water for the first time in her garage.   We also know that they are running low on food and water already.  I can’t understand why they didn’t stock up before hand.  Did they think it would be all over in a day?  Add to that the fact that they have no electricity just like some 800,000 other residents of North and South Carolina.  And no one has any idea of how long it will take to restore it.  As to my mom’s house no one has been able to get to it yet so we have no idea what condition it is in.  For all we know right now it may have no damage or it might have been flooded.  Hopefully, in a day or two we will know more.  Bottom line, continued prayers please.

The plan right now is for my sister and her husband to go down to New Bern on Monday. and gather up my mom.  They will take their truck and their generator and decide what if anything needs to be done to the house.  Based on what they find we may be moving Graybeard down there to serve as a temporary residence.  Or my mom might be going back with them to their home in PA.  Again, so much is up in the air right now.  We just don’t know.

As for us, we did some shopping today at Walmart.  Barbara needed to pick up a prescription and we needed a few items from the market.  Of course I also found a few items I just couldn’t live without!  Then it was back home and out of the heat and humidity.  This weather is really oppressive.  Better, yes, than what those in the Carolina’s are going through.  My heart goes out to them.  We have friends whose house was destroyed in Jersey during Super Storm Sandy.  It was a really traumatic experience for everyone then and for years afterward.

OK, day is gone and night is here.  We kicked back and just took it easy today.  And stayed by the phone just in case we got a call.  Thanks for joining us and again thanks for your continued concern and prayers for my mom.  Before leaving everyone let me throw this out for all of us to think upon and ponder:

As always,  if you are coming to the end of your day with concerns and worries, let me suggest that you turn them over to God.  After all, He is going to be up all night so why not let him handle them for you.

Time now for our evening prayers and eventually some shut-eye.  Till tomorrow.

These are the voyages of  Graybeard and it’s occupants, four paws and two humans.  Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have not been before