My dad always has been a talker and story teller. He has knack for embellishing the way any fisherman does. After a fishing trip we would always ask ourselves if the fish that got away was really as big as he said it was. “Your back porch just ripped off,” he said mid-hurricane in the […]
After the gazebo fell, it got real. The front door was bouncing off the hinges. The chimney came off and landed by the back door. This was my husband’s first hurricane and it was proving to be very eventful. I have lived in Panama City since I was in the 1st grade. After having kids, we […]
We had the wine ready. My sister and her family lived in Panama City Beach and came to ride out the storm with us at our house in Panama City. We figured we would lose power, but that would be the worst of it. The night before the storm we rode around town to see […]
We evacuated to Birmingham, Alabama. The hotel room was so small. My dog peed on the carpet. She snuck into a bag of sugar cookies and ate them. Then, she got sick. We were all getting on each other’s nerves. My parents wouldn’t let me go back into Panama City with them after the hurricane. […]