Its the little things

There are days where its just the little things that make a difference. It can be the littlest things to irritate me, to make my day, to make me cry, to surprise me, to totally put me in awe. today is one of those day. sometimes i wonder if it has anything to do with how short my patience is(pertaining to the irritation part) or with what time of the month it is(pertaining to ALL of it, thank you mother nature, and for any of you males out there reading this, i do apologize, but its your problem, you decided to read it).  I wanted to cry today bc I saw the cutest little baby(ahem, Tyler Townsend) and i have no clue why.  and at the same time, it totally made my heart smile seeing him.  I saw the 'W' back on the from of "Wendy's" where it belonged. I was ECSTATIC> lemme tell ya, i was on the phone w Jared and he laughed bc i was soooooo excited. this whole recovery process for me is a big deal. like seeing the pieces put back together, its mending the wounds.  Jared took me last Friday down by the school and down Cherokee valley for the 1st time. I had not been anywhere near there so this was a me seeing it w a lot of it cleaned up. but even still. i ached. i cried. there is just no way of putting into words what you see. my close friend and hairdresser(the mother of cutie baby Tyler) Megan lives on that road. you can see on the ridge behind there house where one started(one of the small ones). for those who don't know, they believe there were 3 by the time it was on Cherokee valley, the one big one that went thru ringgold had a small one spawn off of it and go around it basically at rhs/rms campus. when it hit Cherokee valley another formed on the opposite side of the ridge and the 3 merged close. and when you drive down there, you can see it. Megan's house is still standing. minimal siding and roof damage and their house shifted. that's it. and they weren't home thank goodness.  you can see the destruction from her house just standing on the front porch. its unbelievable. but, I'm finally over that point. I've come face to face with all of it. and i can have a better grasp that it did happen, and it can happen, and things are going to get better.  so, the W on the front of Wendy's, yes, that's such a big deal. i predict that place will be open next week, I've seen lights on and there was a food truck there today.  progress. this town has got it, and its definitely faster than what anyone expected. this community is very strong and very blessed. I hate to say it but it could have been alot worse. so thankful it wasnt.
the little things, wendys' W, aunt Effie's OPEN sign, one random person picking up debris off the sidewalk... the little things have hit home w me today.
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