I think I’ve gone without air conditioning more in the past year than probably the rest of my life. Y’all will probably remember than I whined and whined last summer when our central unit seemed to kick the bucket. Pregnancy and no air? Nope, they don’t mix too well. I wanted to snap my fingers and instantly have a magic fairy say “ repair air conditioner ” and it be fixed. It’s too bad it doesn’t work like that, huh.
Then when the tornadoes hit in April, we lost all power. Instead of complaining though, we were simply glad to have a home. When there is so much destruction around you, you don’t care if you have no air conditioning. After a couple days, my dad did get a generator going so we had power. We still left the air off, because the generator could only pull so much. Those pitch black nights were so peaceful though. That’s the darkest I’ve ever saw my parent’s neighborhood. I wish the reasons had been different, but being completely unplugged and spending time with family was nice. We hung clothes out on the line to dry, we cooked all of our meals on a grill, and we sat outside together for hours each day.
It’s terrible that it takes such a devastating event like the April 27th tornadoes to ground us and show us what really matters.
From whining about a broken air conditioner one year to praising God for it the next. Amazing how things work out.
>There are many things that we take for granted and just come to expect but when an event like this happens we quickly learn what is more important. Air conditioning seems like a small thing now because there are other things more important. What a great post and lesson.
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