Mine too! To add to the chaos... new born goats are inside with family- grandkids love it. i was looking at the men and women in various jobs that require outside work... including my son and 2 son in laws in construction trades... tough days for them
Yes. I think of those brave men and women and prayfor them. The linemen who get the power back on. The ones who faithfully show up to plow us out. So many!
5 degreesF this morning with the wind howling out there. My son just came home early, too cold to work out there for too long.
We’re supposed to get more snow, 50 mph winds, and possibly a power outage. I’m really dreading probably missing Mass again.
Not just cloud seeding, but all the chemicals they're putting into the atmosphere to dim the sunlight
A big storm coming Sunday pm and Monday here in Cape Breton and we have a doctor’s appointment on Monday.It’s so hard to get the appointment as she is overworked. Please also keep praying for my son as he did call for a little chat about 2 weeks ago. It’s a day by day wait as we pray for him but my husband was so glad he called . I’m not expressing myself well here. It’s late! He did sound a little better but much prayer needed. I want to thank all who are praying for for Rod . I am also praying for all of your needs. And safety in this storm.
Praying for all in the storm made me think a lot about suffering and the Spiritual Life. When I was a child and we used to go to my mother she used always to say, 'Offer it up to the Sacred Heart'. After a while doing this it really does help. Why? Well instead of looking towards our own suffering it forces us to unselfishly looking to help other people. . It turns our eyes away from our own pain to the pain of others. Its the same when we are in pain or suffering. If we are blessed enough to have someone to listen to us we can tell them our troubles and complain about them. But better still to go in Front of the Blessed Sacrament.. I notice complaining to other people can actually make things worse. I am sitting here laughing at myself. No storm here so I have nothing to complain about. But when I wake up early in the morning and it is dark and cold it can be hard to get out of bed. I was just thinking of people like myself who face the day. People who do so with Faith and people with no Faith. Imagine someone who has just lost a spouse after being married a long time. Imagine on top of this that this person had no Faith and compare them to a person with no Faith. What a difference. I think it is the same with something like storm . Faith makes all the difference.
I work outside starting at 6 a.m. . Here are the windchill temps for the last couple weeks at 6 a.m. It's OK, not the coldest it has ever been, but a chilly stretch. Jan 22 and 23 were bitter. Remember, zero is still 32 degrees colder than freezing. Date 6 a.m. Wind Chill (Est.) Conditions Summary Jan 15 -15°F Bitterly cold start with light winds. Jan 16 -8°F Briefly "warmer" air moved in before a front. Jan 17 -20°F Skies cleared, allowing temps to drop. Jan 18 -24°F Sustained arctic winds began. Jan 19 -28°F Deepening cold. Jan 20 -32°F Core of the arctic air arrived. Jan 21 -35°F Dangerously cold with steady NW winds. Jan 22 -45°F Peak Cold: High winds and sub-zero temps. Jan 23 -48°F -20°F air temp Jan 24 -38°F Wind speeds remained high. Jan 25 -25°F Slight recovery, though still First Alert levels KTTC. Jan 26 -18°F Clouds moved in, stabilizing temps. Jan 27 -12°F Winds shifted to the south. Jan 28 -8°F Moderating towards seasonal norms. Jan 29 -10°F Calm morning before a light breeze. Jan 30 -3°F Jan 31 -9 F
So happy for you that Rod called, continued prayers for him and for you and all in this storm and for your doctor's appointment.
