Grounded!

naturist wrote:
From time to time I have the chance to point out that there are no guarantees of anything in the future. At any moment a bus (or meteorite or tree) can fall out of the sky on any of us. I’m glad the tree landed on your truck rather than on you, although it would have been nice if it had missed the truck, too. Go forth, young man, and seize this extra day you’ve been granted.

Thanks so much for the "young man" complement and carpe diem is the theme of the day! I grew up in the town of Brandenburg, Ky which then had a population of about 1500 people. On April 3, 1974 we were hit by the only F5 tornado to ever touch down in Kentucky. It took half of our town and killed 31 of our neighbors. After dealing with the aftermath of that, our recent damage is quite insignificant. As bad as it was in Brandenburg, the goodness that I saw it bring out in people during the time following the disaster has helped me maintain my faith in God and in humanity.

Odd that you'd mention a bus. Our little antique 1971 Dodge/Thomas "Mighty Mite" bus was parked next to the Ram and it actually took the brunt of the hit. It has a dent in the top of the body, the right front corner of the body is bashed and and the red flasher light assembly knocked off and the hood was crushed. Thankfully, a friend located a really nice hood that was stored in a barn in Jamestown, TN. The hood was going to be the hardest part to find so we're off to a good start in getting the little bus fixed. In mid-April we'll be taking the bus back to Lexington, NC to the shop where it was restored. They do custom work for Thomas-Built Bus and will be able to get it fixed up.

And I always tell folks that we need to take each day the good Lord give us and makes the best of it! Thanks for sharing your faith.

Bill J., Lexington, KY