10%

"You look like you have maybe 10% body fat" says the bike shop guy.
My brain stopped listening to his monologue.
What!? Wait!
Did he just say MAYBE 10%?
Is that below the number or above?
Should I ask the poor kid to clarify?
Does he know my tummy just growled to mourn that I will not eat a single cookie for two weeks! (well, maybe just one week). He did say 10%.

Gone

We hugged and said goodbye to Patrick Tuesday. I sobbed and cried all that evening and have had little moments of sadness followed by tears. Saying goodbye can be really hard.

Tornado Relief

We learned last Saturday that tornados ripped through our little town of Delta. We raced home from our long vacation and viewed the devastating damage. Shocking!

Kim is the minister of our little church and so he jumped in feet first to help coordinate the clean up effort and I jumped in too! I've done a number of little things to help out, but today's assignment really blew me away.

I was asked to work at a home on Co.Rd. 7. It is an an area that suffered severe damage and many lost homes. I had been working over three hours in the hot, humid weather and felt really tired and worn out. Then the homeowner and her neighbor appoached me as I tilled, pulled and raked sod clumps from the earth. The ladies told me that the garden was being readied to transplant the landscaping flowers and shrubs. This was all the women had left of their homes. Just the flowers and shrubs. I felt really humbled. I would have replanted entire trees for them. I feel really blessed that I had the chance to serve.