If you haven't heard, Nashville experienced one of the worst floods in our state's history last weekend. I can't begin to articulate what it's been like to see friends all over our city who lost everything in the flood. However, the beautiful story that has unfolded is our city's citizens coming out in droves to help loved ones, friends, and strangers as they seek to rebuild. WE ARE NASHVILLE is the mantra that we now chant as our community has come together, embraced each other, and fearlessly pushes forward to heal, to help and to rebuild. If you're interested in donating to flood victims, a friend had a great list on her blog of agencies working w/flood victims.
Before we moved into 330 Lynn Drive, I never HEARD of a sump pump; I had no earthly idea what it did. The original owners that we purchased the house from had put in this REALLY, REALLY nice waterproofing system including a sump pump before we bought the house. Over the past years that we've lived here, it's worked beautifully when we had an occasional storm, and I was thankful. However, my thankfulness SOARED this weekend as the STORM of ALL STORMS came through and as I watched our neighbors on both sides (and many others in our neighborhood for that matter) have flooded basements. Our sump pump was working overtime, and it beautifully did it's job. I wanted to HUG the sump pump last weekend and even told a friend I wanted to make it some cookies because of my gratitude to it! And, our sweet little creek in the backyard, oh how it swelled, but it never crept over into our backyard. How thankful we were for this!
So tonight, we sit in a nice, warm, dry house and so thankful for the foresight of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the original owners. (Remember, I mentioned they built it like a tank!) Our hearts, however, are heavy and burdened for those around Nashville who have lost so much. Please consider giving monetarily to support Nashville Flood victims.
