“Our friend fired you.” The four words were like little razor blades slicing my skin in the most sensitive areas. The corner of my eyes. Between each of my fingers. It is a small town and I knew that anything I said would be repeated. Exaggerated and then repeated again. Even my facial expressions would […]
As I scroll through the pictures now, the ones my son took while we huddled under a conference room table at the Lynn Haven police station, I am in awe. This is the hurricane through his eyes. It will one day be a part of his testimony. Pictures of people praying. Strangers at the time, […]
I decided to turn off the TV because the weather channel wasn’t doing me any good. I had made the decision to stay and there wasn’t any changing that. The hour before the storm made landfall was exceptionally uneventful. There were no more preparations to make, just unsettled waiting. Looking South over the water on […]
I was too worried about my horses to say much to my sister who was crammed into a small closet with me during the hurricane. I had 36 horses on the property and seven of them were pregnant. We breed and train national championship Arabian horses. There are many expert opinions on what to do […]