Dec. 6, 2005 - ramblings on a tuesday...
Hurricane Katrina was three months ago. I can't believe that. In some ways it seems like it was only yesterday; other ways it seems like our lives have been so surreal for a long time. Things are improving - no doubt about that, but it's still strange. Few of our friends and neighbors are home. Most of them of course don't have a home to go to. So many aren't even planning on coming back. We've done a ton of work on our home and it's finally beginning to be "home" again. We'll get a floor put in this week and we've ordered some furniture that we will hopefully have next week. I am so thankful that we didn't have to toally gut our house. We have so much to be thankful for. I hate that I complain about so many things when in fact so many have it so much worse. On August 29, our lives changed forever. Nothing is the same. We view everything differently now. Furniture. I mean, before katrina, we had discussed getting new furniture. We had looked around, priced items, and it was a huge deal. we figured we were spending a lot of money for something we'd have a long time, so we needed to be sure to get good quality furniture. hahaha. it doesn't matter if we spent $25 ore $2500. when salt water comes pouring into your living room, it is going to destroy whatever is in it's path. things are just things. stuff is just stuff. floors are replaceable. our faith, our family, our friends, our church home.....that's all that matters. that's it.
Comments
Dec. 6, 2005 - thanks
Posted by heythereheather
for sharing. It's so true, our stuff is just stuff. But it can be so hard to remember, so easy to get caught up in the "We need....." This is a great reminder right before Christmas.
Dec. 7, 2005 - Great Perspective
Posted by SteveWalden
You have a great handle on this. My friend just lost his little girl. I can tell you he would cash in everything he has for just 5 more minutes with her. Our greatest treasures are the ones that sleep under our roof.
