Special Time

Sometimes an unplanned trip can result in multiple blessing, which is exactly what happened earlier this month when Dean's squadron decided to send him down to a CRM class in Pensacola. We were excited about the opportunity to visit family and friends, but with all the craziness of this spring (will explain in later post) I was a little weary of the long road trip. We finalized plans and left on a Friday to meet the Farmer’s at their cabin in NC. It was truly a Godsend that we were there because within an hour of arrival a frantic man came scrambling up the road to the cabin in search for help. His soon-to-be-finance was struck by lightening at Max Patch (a point on the Appalachian Trail) and with no cell phone coverage he was forced to drive around looking for help. Dean and his dad immediately scooped up this man and went to the top of the mountain to help while Dean’s mom placed the 911 call from the cabin. Help arrived fairly fast as we could hear the sirens heading up to Max Patch, but unfortunately the girl did not survive the strike. We were definitely supposed to be there that night. Article below.

http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100608/NEWS/306080033/Woman-killed-by-lightning-at-Max-Patch-minutes-from-engagement

As we continued our trip down to Pensacola we were able to see more family and close friends, celebrate the arrival of my best friend’s twin boys and put a contract on a house! Busy week. On Friday morning Dean got out of class super early so he was able to ride up to Atmore with us to visit my grandmother. We had debated about going Monday morning, but with Dean able to join us we decided that Friday was the best day. We had a great visit with her. She was a sharp as ever and was up on the latest news: the oil spill, the military, lawn care, etc. DB enjoyed crawling around and checking out his new surrounding and even found a chair just his size. We didn't know it would be our last visit with her at the time, but how amazing that we were able to enjoy her company that Friday. Below are 2 pictures that we took that day. She passed away early Monday morning and while it was a complete shock to everyone we know that she is a better place!

Above, Great Mama (Mattie Lou) is explaining to DB that he can indeed walk and talk...if he wanted to... ;)

DB finding a chair his size!

While it wasn't the 'trip' we expected we know that God's hand was with us every step of the way.