Hurricane Helene

Life has been very different around here for the past month. We were busy with regular school life and then our area was hit with Hurricane Helene. We are so grateful that we did not have any major damage, especially compared to Western NC, an area we love so much. But, we were without power for 11 days and without internet for another 10 days. We are still working on cleanup around the yard where we lost a couple of trees but in the grand scheme of things, it could have been a lot worse. The hardest part for us was the inconveniences of not having power or internet and needing to be split up. DJ’s parents got internet back way sooner so he and Ava spent 2 weeks with them so that they could have internet access. Zoe and I spent several days with my mom to have hot showers (thanks to her gas hot water heater) and she got power back before us. Once our power came back on, Zoe and I headed home because she was finally going to be able to go back to school. Zoe and I got to go to a friends’ house to make cards for the people of Western NC to encourage them in the face of all the destruction there. We cannot imagine what life is like there and are thankful we could do something very small to help. We are all looking forward to when we can visit places like Asheville again. It was a crazy time and one we definitely will not forget.