The Sanduskys cope with the aftermath of some storms that damaged their house. They are temporarily misplaced, and they are staying at a shelter.
I don't know if I can take much more of this. It feels weird not being at home, and having to share a room with other people we don't even know is proving to be trying on all of us. The kids miss their things and their rooms, and I miss just being home or doing things like watching tv or cooking or even doing laundry. This sitting around, doing nothing, is proving to be a daunting challenge.
It's been several days since the storms have moved through our area. The storms damaged our house, and at last check, we are still without any power to think of. Now, normally, during past storms, the generators at our house would have kicked on, and we would have had backup power; but this time, the generators stayed put, without kicking in, and the power stayed...well, OFF. That isn't good, especially since we have kids who depend on feeding tubes or supplimental oxygen; so we had no choice BUT to leave our house. So now here we are at a shelter, full of other storm victims who lost their homes, their power, or worse. Some of the people here lost a loved one or two, be it human or pet, and they are understandably upset and distraught.
Now, our house isn't a TOTAL loss (just the roof and also some tiling from the side, plus there are huge tree limbs, debris such as trash and garbage, or paper, littering our yard, and a tree is leaning on our power line, which is what did our power in in the first place; but thankfully, none of us were hurt during the storm. It could have very easily been a lot worse. Now, our friend, Roberto Sormiento, his wife, M'buti, and their three kids aren't so lucky: they had storm damage to their house, too, and they, too, are temporarily displaced; but Roberto suffered a broken nose from a tree branch slamming into his face, and he really looks horrible. His face is all swollen and bruised, and his nose looks like a potato, it is so swollen. But his wife and kids managed to escape, unhurt, but they are all shaken, especially M'buti. They are worried about their beagle, "Rodriguez", who was outside when the storm hit, and they haven't heard anything about him since the storm ended; and they are really scared for him.
We WERE going to go to Fan Fair, but now that is on hold because of the storm, and now we have to stay here for the time being until our home is repaired. Of course, the kids are mad and upset because they were really looking in going to Fan Fair (now called the CMA Music Festival). But I have told them that losing our home is much more important, and right now, we need to be together and not worry about vacation until after our home has been repaired and the damage has been assessed and taken care of by our insurance company. I was looking in going to Fan Fair, too, but now we can't, and we have to make do with our sad situation. But we ARE thankful to the Lord Above that none of us were killed, and that our home wasn't a TOTAL loss. So as bad as it may seem for we Sanduskys at the time, we still have our health and our lives; and we still have a home. We just aren't living in it right now because of the damage it sustained during the storm, but at least our being "on the street and homeless" is only a temporary thing, and we just have to learn to make do and get through this unfortunate situation that has struck us so suddenly.
Explore the mystery of how nature makes unexpected gifts of creative wonders to an unsuspecting caregiver one late night and early morning in southeastern Georgia, USA.
Explore the mystery of how nature makes unexpected gifts of creative wonders to an unsuspecting caregiver one late night and early morning in southeastern Georgia, USA.
I don't know if I can take much more of this. It feels weird not being at home, and having to share a room with other people we don't even know is proving to be trying on all of us. The kids miss their things and their rooms, and I miss just being home or doing things like watching tv or cooking or even doing laundry. This sitting around, doing nothing, is proving to be a daunting challenge.
