Wednesday, May 28, 2008

From one Moment to the Next

So one minute your having a good time at the cozy cow dairy with the kids and memaw. Your in the bathroom washing hands after pet petting asking kids if they need to use the restroom. Of course no they don't. Then your in the car getting ready to leave and wait, yes they do have to go.
So memaw takes them inside and gets directions on the best way to get to the nursery so you can buy a tomato plant. Your told to take hwy 34 to county road 257. However, once in the car and on hwy 34 hail starts pelting the vehicle. The wise Memaw says perhaps we should pull over so a windshield doesn't break. But determined driver thinks we can keep going. Eventually however, the bullheaded driver decides its probably best to pull over and wait a bit. So, while were sitting in the car that is shaking and getting a lot of pretty dents ( kids are surprisingly not scared and crying) The two adults in the front seat are worrying that a window is going to break its hitting us so hard, we noticed that you can no longer see the road or the area for that matter in front of us. Everything is a cloud of black grey, then suddenly its all gone and its all over. We pull back onto the road slowly and as we along with our neighboring vehicles inch our way forward we start to see that all around us car windows have been shattered by hail and pressure. Fields are empty and now just dirt. power lines are down, cars have been twisted off the roads. And had it not been for that extra potty break, we would have been right in the middle of the tornado. Heading down the exact route the tornado took. And I know God was with us.






3 comments:

Nate and Katie said...

Oh my goodness Danyelle, I am so glad you are all ok. How scary!!! God is so good.
Katie

sarah said...

wow. that's scary! i'm glad your safe! although .. maybe next time you see a tornado ... ask it if you could catch a ride up to MN. :) k?!

Rachel said...

Oh Danyelle, how terrifying. Praise the Lord that you are all well and safe!