A Reminder in the Form of a Little Bit of Rain.
I am currently sitting at a Starbucks, laptop in front of me, Smoothie in hand. Its 11 o’clock on a Tuesday and I have nowhere to be…. not a common occurrence.
Atlanta has seen over a week of heavy, continuous rain. What is left behind is hundreds of closed roads, power outages, broken water mains and a reminder that we take a lot of things for granted.
Due to the above mentioned issues, I am experiencing my second day in a row without the need (or the ability) to go to work. At first, it seems like a fantastic unplanned vacation. I am excited about the potential to catch up on some errands and get a few loads of laundry done. But then, the reality starts rolling in. I hear about a coworker who had their roof cave in. Another friend panics as he watches his basement fill up with water. Our events and gatherings are canceled. The news comes on with stories of several who have lost their lives. The pictures start appearing. Suddenly the unplanned vacation day(s) have a different feeling attached to them.
We go through life holding on to a very fragile balance. We go to work every day and complain about having to go back. We flip the light switch and expect the light to come on. We think we have all the time in the world. We think that things won’t happen to us.
And then it rains for a week.
So, today as I sit here relatively unaffected by the situation, I am reminded that there are a lot of people waking up this morning to a new reality. Its a day of cleanup, a day of mourning and a day to thank God for keeping the rain to 8 days… and not 40.
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