My sister lives in Las Vegas and said, “Don’t forget to take your favorite toy.” As children we would all huddle into the hallway of our home, with our favorite toy to comfort us, to ride out the hurricanes. We evacuated to Alabama for one hurricane. It was worse there than it was in Panama […]
If something bad is going to happen, watch the animals. That is what I always heard. When I felt my dog trembling next to me in the bathtub, I almost lost it. I had on several coats, hoping that it would protect me from broken glass if the windows blew out. I also pulled a […]
The weekend before Hurricane Michael hit, my husband and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. My daughter stayed with family and we enjoyed a nice dinner at Firefly. It was the best weekend we had had together in a really long time. Little did we know it would be the last weekend we would have […]
“Our friend fired you.” The four words were like little razor blades slicing my skin in the most sensitive areas. The corner of my eyes. Between each of my fingers. It is a small town and I knew that anything I said would be repeated. Exaggerated and then repeated again. Even my facial expressions would […]
As I scroll through the pictures now, the ones my son took while we huddled under a conference room table at the Lynn Haven police station, I am in awe. This is the hurricane through his eyes. It will one day be a part of his testimony. Pictures of people praying. Strangers at the time, […]