Thursday, June 12, 2008

Feeling Guilty

I am feeling really guilty about being so frustrated with the house situation now. I went to exercise this morning and our floor is so piddily and small in light of everything that is happening in Iowa (and really this entire part of the midwest). One of the girls that I exercise with has lost her camper (luckily it is only for recreational purposes). All of the rain just washed it away. She was told that because it was a "stationary" camper that was not her official residence she couldn't get insurance on it, therefore, it is just gone. End of story. This same lady has a father that lives where a little bit more flooding is going on and he has six inches of rain in his basement. He is taking comfort in the fact that the front yard is not holding water yet because that means his main floor is still safe. Another lady can't make the trip she had planned on making because so many of our major highways are closed due to flooding. They are evacuating entire cities. One of the cities that has had major flooding is one that Chris had interviewed at just the year before we accepted the Dubuque job. We had a tornado touch down last night (on the complete opposite end of the state, but none-the-less) that killed four boy scouts and sent 40 more to the hospital. All of this going on...and I'm worried about a wood floor. Dear Lord, please forgive me for being so narrow minded. I can not believe how easy it is to get yourself so involved in your own little life, your own little world and forget about everything going on around you. I still don't know what we are going to do (or should do) about the situation, but seriously. It's a wood floor. Our house isn't being washed away by the flood waters, we aren't even being evacuated, nobody's life is in danger. Please forgive me for being so selfish and self-centered. While your at it, lift a quick prayer up for Iowa.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

It's so easy to get wrapped up in our lives. That's kinda what my post was about today (as you know -- and thanks for the comment, too..). Things like this definitely puts things into perspective. There's been tons of damage around here, too, but nothing like Iowa. They're definitely in my prayers...