Hello World,
It's so good to feel connected to the world again - Norm and I were super blessed with Jeanne - damage was small - shingles off the roof which created a few leaks, but we consider that nothing compared to the damages we have seen in Brevard County - we have POWER after being out only 2 days - the shop was the only strip mall that had power on A1A - I had written "In God's Hands" all across the boarding and He did take care of all of us - unfortunalty Ed that owns the bike shop and just recovering from a heart attack, was broken into from the back and lost almost all his bikes - it was very sad - Norm and I went to my sister in Melbourne to help with all their damages - it was super hard to see that had been done, but she has such a deep faith that I know everything will be fine for her and my niece Maria who also received quite a bit of damage - some of the things that I found during the hurricane -most of the people are so kind, considered, and offering a hand of help everywhere they went, Millie, my 87 year old neighbor that I sent to a shelter during Francis, met a gentleman that is 88 yrs old and they have started "keeping company" - Millie lost her husband and her only son and was very lonely and I was very concern with her welfare - well now she has Harry - to know Millie has been one of the heartwarming adventure - her wit, her courage, her faith is unshakable - she sets one heck of an example for anyone that meets up with her - she mentioned her and Harry were going into their relationship "slow" and as I told her why? Her answer well being I am going to live to 100, so we have plenty of time
one of the saddest things I saw were pets that had either gotten away or left behind and had run into the main road and were killed - there were very few homes, condos, business that weren't touch in some way - the saddest of so much lossage is very real - everyone those lives have been touched by all the hurricanes here, well its very sad, but we are strong and we will come out of this all - We have to be the victors and not the victim.
anyhow God's blessing to all - don't know when I will be back, but we will be back tomorrow - life as usual.
Much love always
Shirley