HAPPY 66th BIRTHDAY NORMAN ... "stormin' Norman" June 29

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NORMAN.. WOW... #66 ALREADY!  born at his Granny Wolfe's house in Richpatch on June 29th. 1946  I PRAY FOR YOU TO HAVE A WONDERFUL YEAR, AND MANY, MANY MORE!

 

SORRY YOU HAD TO WORK TODAY, BECAUSE IT WAS YOU BIRTHDAY, BUT SO GLAD YOU FELT A LITTLE MORE LIKE GOING! SORRY YOU HAVE BEEN SICK THIS WEEK.
SUPPER TONIGHT AT APPLEBEE' ... LAST YEAR IT WAS MANY THERE, THIS YEAR WE WERE THE ONLY ONES.. BUT THAT TOO WAS OKAY, I GUESS. OR AT LEAST UNDERSTANDABLE. HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR SUPPER SWEETIE! LOVE YOU!
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AFTER APPLEBEES, WE WENT T WALMARTS TO PICK UP CUTE LITTLE "MASTER JOHNSON" A (FIRST) BIRTHDAY GIFT, AND A FEW OTHER THINGS. WE HAD NO CLUE THAT A STORM WAS EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT, LET ALONE EXPECTED.. BUT THEN THE LIGHTS KEEP FLASHING, DIMMING, AND FLASHING OFF FROM TIME TO TIME.. AND THEN YOU COULD SEE DIFFERENT SHADES OF PINK (IN THE SKY LIGHTS) AND HEAR A TERRIBLE NOISE... I THOUGHT AT FIRST THAT ONE OF THE AIR CONDITIONERS ,on the roof, WAS ON FIRE! THEN WE REALIZED THAT IT WAS LIGHTENING AND THEN THE WIND! THEN IT WENT BLACK EXCEPT FOR A FEW EMERGENCY LIGHTS.. AND THE WORKERS USHERED US ALL TO THE BACK OF THE STORE.. WHERE WE STAYED UNTIL 10:52 P.M... SEEMED LIKE A REALLY LONG, LONG TIME!

 THEN THEY FINALLY LET US LEAVE THE STORE, BUT WE STILL COULD NOT GET OUR BUGGY FULL OF "STUFF" (they put our name on the buggy, so we could pick it up when they opened back up) But when I went back to pick it up, they acted like they had NO idea what we were talking about! GO FIGURE!!!  IT WAS DARK WHEN WE LEFT THE STORE, NO FLASH LIGHTS, NOTHING! AND THERE WAS BUGGY RACKS ALL OVER THE PARKING LOT (they had brought the buggies in) SCARY! I GUESS NOW I KNOW WHERE THE NAME "STORMIN' NORMAN CAME FROM... LOL WHO WOULD HAVE IMAGINED SUCH A HORRIFIC STORM IN COVINGTON, CLIFTON FORGE, AND ALLEGHANY COUNTY.. IT SEEMED SPOOKY GOING HOME TOO.. (WE COULD SEE WHERE TREES HAD BEEN CUT AWAY FROM THE ROAD ... A LOT OF THEM! AND IT WAS FOGGY.. I TOLD NORMAN LOOKS LIKE WE COULD EXPECT "BIG FOOT" TO COME OUT AT ANY TIME.. LOL  (WE DIDN'T EVEN GET OUR LIGHTS ON UNTIL WEDNESDAY JULY 4 AT AROUND 1:30 PM..) LONGEST WE HAVE EVER BEEN WITHOUT LIGHTS/ WATER (since we have a well, and the pump runs off of electric)  BUT BOY WAS WE GRATEFUL WHEN IT CAME BACK ON TODAY! THANK YOU GOD!

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 SO FURTHER ON DOWN THE PATH WE GO.. HIS 66th YEAR AND MY 58th YEAR, AND GOING ON OUR 43rd YEAR OF MARRIAGE... GOD IS GOOD! AND WE GIVE HIM THE THANKS, HONOR AND GLORY!!

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS AROUND THE TURN ON THE PATH (of life).. NOT EVEN FROM ONE MINUTE TO THE NEXT.. WE JUST HAVE TO TRUST IN HIM

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WELL, TONIGHT (JUNE 29) WAS OUR FIRST OF 5 NIGHTS THAT WE SLEPT ON THE LOVE SOFA (WHERE WE COULD GET SOME CROSS BREEZE FROM OUR TWO LIVING ROOM WINDOWS).. (ABIGAIL SPENT THREE OF THOSE NIGHTS WITH US IN HER OWN LITTLE COT ALSO IN THE LIVING ROOM.. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS FUN, AND PRETTY COOL) WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ELECTRIC BEING ON AND THINGS GETTING BACK TO NORMAL... TO OLD FOR ALL THIS "CHANGE"... BUT LET ME CLEAR THIS UP A LITTLE.. WE DID SLEEP ON THE LOVE SOFA WHEN I HAD THAT SPELL WITH DOUBLE PNEUMONIA, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, AND A BROKEN RIB.. I COULDN'T LAY DOWN, NOR COULD I BREATH WHEN I TRIED TO SO I SLEPT ON THE LOVE SOFA, AND HE WAS AFRAID FOR ME SO HE STAYED ON IT TOO (JUST IN CASE) IT'S A GOOD OLE LOVE SOFA, AND WE APPRECIATE IT!

PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOURS TONIGHT AND NIGHTLY.. SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR JAKE AND FRANCES TOO.. PRAYERS FOR MRS TERRY... PRAYING FOR EVAN AND ALL THE CHILDREN WITH EB, CANCER AND EVERY OTHER DREADFUL DISEASES.. AND THEIR FAMILIES...PRAYING FOR EVERYONE WITH NASTY OLE CANCER.. SUCH A DREADFUL THING.. GOD COMFORT, HEAL AND BLESS EACH AND GRANT INNER PEACE TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS.. PRAYING FOR EVERYONE NEEDING A JOB AND (OR) THE WANT AND WILL TO WORK! UNSPOKEN PRAYERS FOR JENNA AND BETTY JO AND HER FAMILY.. PRAYING FOR OUR COUNTRY AND GOD'S GUIDANCE UPON IT.. PRAYING FOR ALL OF OUR SOLDIERS AND THEIR SAFE AND QUICK RETURN HOME AND THEIR PEACE OF MINDS AND SOULS AND THAT OF THEIR FAMILIES..  PRAYING FOR ALL THE "UNSPOKEN REQUEST, AND NEEDS" .. (and asking that you'll pray with us about ours) PRAYING ALSO FOR THE FOLKS AT "THE RETIREMENT HOME"..  AND THANKING GOD FOR ALL HIS GOODNESS, HIS LOVE, GRACE, MERCIES, GUIDANCE, AND BLESSINGS.. THANK YOU GOD IN ALL THINGS IN JESUS HOLY NAME, AMEN..

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