My mother in law was watching an episode of 19 kids and counting and said, “It looks like a hoarder’s house. Except they hoard kids.”
I don’t know why that tickled my funny bone, but it did.
We are still in flood recovery mode here in Tennessee. People have felt a little bruised by the national media virtually ignoring the water event in favor of something that almost happened (Times Square). But now voices are speaking up about how that felt. Here are two of the most eloquent and beautiful,
So y’all go on about what you’re doing and we’ll go on about what we are doing. But I just want to let you know, right now this is the strongest city in America. Right now this is the proudest city in America. So, after we clean up, come see us sometime. Y’all are always welcome.
We were dealing with the rising river and the rising panic of the possibility of whole neighborhoods submerged if a levee broke or the river crested higher than expected, and every passing minute seemed vitally important. And strangely, no friends or family from outside the area were calling to check in and be sure we were fine. They simply didn’t know.
We will recover here. Promise!
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