Letters on Friday - April 19, 2013

Dear Week, I am really glad you are almost over....this has not been a good week, in fact it has been an extremely tragic week. Beginning with the bombings at the Boston Marathon, continuing with the explosion in Texas, and now the flooding around me, I would just as soon wipe this week off of the map.  So much heartbreak, so much devastation.  We re-bound, we re-adjust, we mend and overcome, but the memories and hurts remain.

The water has receded a little, but we have a long way to go to get back to normal....the "pond" across the street is actually an empty basin for water retention and is probably 30 feet deep.  So you can see how much water our storms brought.

Dear Mother Nature, what's up??  Yesterday you pelted us with rain....today it is snow, and by the way, the calendar says it's Spring.  So where is it already??

Dear Cleaning Lady, thank you.  You come, you make my house sparkle, you put clean sheets on my bed and you return every two weeks just like clockwork.  You are an indulgence I refuse to give up.

Dear Trader Joe's, you seem to be in my letters rather frequently, but you continue to delight me with your flowers for sale, your frozen foods that are such a convenience for me, and your dog-food for Toby.  The only dry dog food that he has actually liked.

Dear Sump Pump, thank you, thank you, thank you....if it wasn't for your continuing work pumping out all that water, my basement would be a huge mess.  And along with the sump pump, thank you electricity for continuing to stay on during the rainstorms....the combination of you two saved me from disaster.

Here's praying next week will be a better week for all.....

"If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we would grab ours back. "  ~  Regina Brett

Until next time.....