Saturday, September 20, 2008

Thankful

As my family and I rode from the Highlands to the West end of town, I watched as trees fell right in front of my very eyes. I thought to myself, I just want to hurry up and get home. When we got home, we had to park the car in the backyard. I realized that the wind was so strong that it had blown in our basement door. For the first time in my life, I was afraid to enter my own home.
We were without power for five days. It was even worse because it was unexpected. My cell phone had not been charged for at least two days, our house phones were all cordless which ran off electricity, most of our food had to be thrown out and to top it off- the fast food restaurants were either closed or crowded.
During the blackout, I complained the whole time about not having electricity and how upset I was that I couldn't charge my phone. Now that I think about it, I was being very ungrateful and selfish because even though we were without electricity, there are many things that I was thankful for. (1). No one in my family was injured. (2). We still had running water. (3). I spent more time with my family during the blackout than I had spent with them in a long time. (4). We always had something to eat, and last but not least (5). I learned that no matter what I am going through-there is always someone who is worse off than I am.