Friday, December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas
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Christmas Day at Othala Acres was a very good one, with all the family here, including Ron's parents. We opened gifts and had a delicious ham dinner. Christmas was great for us... we were some of the fortunate ones in New Hampshire. Since the horrible ice storm on December 12, there are still folks around who had to spend Christmas in shelters, at family/friends' houses, or in a candle lit house (if they were fortunate enough to have a heat source that was not dependent on electricity). We were lucky to only have lost power for 12 hours or so on December 12 (half of it was before we woke up for the day), and we have a fairly new wood stove. We really wanted to go to help others who were forced to leave their homes, but luck would have it that we were all suffering with a nasty stomach bug that kept us at home for almost a week during right about the time the storm struck. Many people not only were forced to leave their homes or live on candlelight (or generators), but many had damage to their homes, vehicles and more due to trees and large limbs falling everywhere. There were long lines at the pumps with people buying fuel for their generators. Many parts of the state looked like a bomb hit with trees and wires down everywhere. Our immediate area somehow escaped most of the carnage around us... almost like a tornado leveling a town but leaving a strip of houses untouched. Very surreal. Events like this really put things into perspective and make you thankful for what you have and how easily it can be taken away. Never take what you have for granted. ~Lily |
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