Warning – Weather Tantrum here.

Since Memorial Day weekend we have had rain, rain, and more rain. Throw in a tornado for good measure and then add some more rain, rain, rain, but with the added novelty of hail and flood warnings. Summers in New York are short to begin with, three months tops if you’re lucky. According to the calendar, it is fast fading away into two months.

What to do, what to do?? If you’ve been overcome with rainstorms, here’s the plan:

1. At any hint of sunshine, run, run, run outside! Grab a lawn chair, find a spot where you will not float away and soak up any rays that you can, while you can. Seriously. Drop everything else to do this. You need the Vitamin D.
   
2. As soon as the rain starts in again, run, run, run back inside and catch up on all the housework, laundry, ironing, writing, etc. so when the sun shines again you can go back to #1.
   

I’m wondering about characters in a story and how they can be affected by weather. Maybe a recluse that won’t go out unless the sun is shining. Or for a different twist, they will only go outside when it rains. Is the sun shining in your world?

Book Giveaway -Broken Trust by Sharon Dunn. 

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Summer is almost here!

Time to relax in the sun with some good books and work through that To-Be-Read stack that is about to topple over…

Latest books I’ve read are: Sweet Mercy by Ann Tatlock and Once Upon A Prince by Rachel Hauck                

Good Books, great stories!

Currently reading: Lock, Stock & Over A Barrel by Melody Carlson  – Fun characters!

What are you reading this month?

             New Yorkers are not used to tornados.

One zipped through our area this week uprooting trees, lifting off roofs; causing downed wires, blocked roads, and a pretty wild night. We were in church when it happened. A good place to be. Thankfully, the building is old and solidly built. We watched the torrents of rain, lighting and winds through the huge windows of the church. What a show! Conflicting emotions- excitement, fear, unease, wonder at the force of the winds from the storm. Though it was a bit scary, deep in my heart I knew we were safe and in the Lord’s care. No one realized how bad it was till it was over. (including the weather service and news reports who predicted a bad storm with high winds) The actual tornado hit just blocks away from our church and swept a long path several miles up Rte. 159. We were spared.

It took us awhile to get home that evening as so many roads and streets were blocked off. Emergency vehicles everywhere. We had to turn around from at least six different routes to find our way home. But we prayed and God led us and we arrived safely – with no damage to our house which is surrounded by huge trees! I had prayed that morning (as I do daily) for God’s protection over us, our cars and our property. God hears our prayers. We lost power for about 24 hours.
Have you ever been through a traumatic weather event? What did you feel? Record those emotions so you don’t forget and you may use them someday in one of your stories : )

Praying for those who were affected by the storm, no serious injuries, thank God. The day ended with God’s promise: a huge rainbow.