What else can happen?

That sounds a little dramatic, and I guess we feel like we’re in a soap opera. We had a windstorm today. We have a 40’ plum tree in our back yard (with our treehouse in it L) that’s leaning from the last storm. We expected it to go down, but it’s aimed at the garden, and this is October, so nothing serious is going to happen.

But no! The neighbor had a perfectly healthy 100’ tall tree in their back yard. We actually hated that tree: every spring, it would drip weird sap on Sue’s wildflower garden and kill half the plants there. Well, our plum tree stayed up (it’s leaning a little more), but their big tall tree landed on top of our house. It tore the gutter off, and the top was beyond the peak of the roof (the brand new roof! We just replaced it last month!).

It’s kinda weird, though. The damage is really pretty minimal, which is hard to explain. The new roof may have prevented more damage (it included a half inch of plywood under the new shingles), but mostly we figure, this shot mostly missed us. Scared us though.

Sue’s mom is weaker, but with her hearing aids working, she’s able to communicate better, and her attitude is perking up. She’s still not eating, so she’s really weak. She’s really grieving over Charlie. I don’t even really know how to ask you to pray. Just pray, please.

Charlie’s estate is the toughest to cope with, and that’s probably because I’m really not used to being completely ignorant of how to deal with something, and we are here. We think we have a plan of attack, but we could really use prayer for both wisdom and encouragement. It’s easy – frighteningly easy – to be overwhelmed in this.

And Josiah has just announced that he wants to go to Australia on a school program. Next month. For ten weeks. Sheesh.

And please rejoice with us that the fallen tree did so little damage. That is so cool.