two days without power

wow what an intense winter this has turned out to be. first we get a ton of snow then we get wind and rain and twice - we have lost power. It's been interesting, and these last two days have actually made me think alot about some stuff. one of the things i've thought about was my family. For us to just sit around and be together - was wonderful! and with nothing else to do, that's exactly what we did. we all sat around the living room, wrapped up in blankets infront of the fire, and we talked, we listened to the radio (running on batteries) and we kept the fire going... It was good family time, and I wish that we would do that more often - it's good for us.
Last night was hilarious, we roasted hot dogs on the fire in the living room.. who do you know who's roasted hot dogs in thier living room? and a couple of marshmallows too.. It was so great.
So yeah I was thinkin how the family should do stuff together more often, stuff that doest revolve around the TV or computer. So yeah in our lives, those two things are big distractions. Even if we would just sit in the living room more often together and read or whatever... it was a good time to be together.

Umm what else did I think about - oh yeah - how unprepared we were for emergencies! We didnt have candles, (which is pathetic, considering this is the second time we've lost power) we didnt have lighters, we didnt know where our camping stove was (finally found it outside) and just wow! we also didn't have enuf canned food or whatever it may be to keep us going - i was just thinking, what if one day we loose power AND are trapped in the house! Then we're screwed! But we did alright - now we have candles and firewood galore, we got enough lighters to back us up, we know where the stove is and we're stocked up on water and food and such.

anyways.. these last two days have been kind of like an adventure. I've never looked out my window into pitch black darkness before - but this time I looked outside and looked to my left and to my right and allll of deep cove was silent - and dark ...
It reminded me of the song "silent night" and then when it started to snow - it made the silence even more complete. To some the darkness might have caused fear or irrationality, feelings of insecurity, blah blah - but me? I felt a peace wash over me that I haven't felt in a long time.

So Im sitting on my couch looking out the window and i hear this voice : "I am the light in your darkness, I am your shelter from this storm, you have nothing to fear - just turn to me and I will hold you, I will keep you and your family warm"

So that was pretty sweet..

Yeah.. we made it thru the darkness -

So it's seven days to christmas - and God thought we could use a little lesson on family..
Nicely done, if you ask me..


Love always
Ashley
xoxo