Chivalry is not Dead!

As I posted yesterday we got rain!

Tropical Storm Nicole dumped on us...

big time.  Our area received about seven

inches.  The storms just kept training up

across central Lancaster County.  

This was the second time this week that 

something that may have seemed an 

inconvenience was actually very helpful

to me.  The first being the cold.  It 

guaranteed that I did not feel up to 

going anywhere or doing anything so 

it made it easier to buckle down and 

finish my continuing ed on the computer.

My neighbor, Ellen, was just getting over

a cold as well so she didn't mind coming 

to proctor my exams.  

By Wednesday evening I 

was an emotional puddle.

Overwhelmed at all that needs to be done

around here and emotionally played out 

after our afternoon in Hershey.  That was

our first visit with a Nutritionist for Chelsea.

We like her, a lot....but, oh, the work ahead

of us.  We have gotten very lazy about planning

ahead when it comes to meals 

and eating together during the day.

That has to change....so on Wednesday evening

it all came crashing in.  I knew that I have many 

candle orders to prep for, a house to prepare

for Bible Study tonight, and at that point a class

to prepare for our Homeschool co-op.  It was 

more than I felt capable of completing.

Well, along came the rain.

It came in huge buckets.

It flooded our streets and many basements.

I am sorry for those families.

Truly.

But....God provided a respite for me

in that storm.  You see, in the early 

morning yesterday Mom had called

and offered me her car for co-op so 

that Warren could drive the van rather 

than his small Miata.  Good thing....he 

would have gotten stuck or not been able

to get there in the little car.  Our co-op

ended up canceling and I never got Mom's 

car.  Leaving me....

HOME!

The kids wanted to go here and there.

No car!

It was a blessing!

Finally, last evening we walked to Mom's 

for our family dinner.  Meatloaf, mashed

potatoes, creamed corn....

a true comfort meal.  

We enjoyed it so much.

We finished eating and the kiddos headed 

home in a break in the storm.  Warren and 

I stayed to chat.  Then the rain came again.

In a big way.  Warren was so very, very 

sweet.  When we saw that it was not going 

to stop anytime soon he walked back to our

house, got the car and came for me.

Not only that, he backed the car into the driveway

to position the passenger door exactly at the bottom

of the porch steps.   

Isn't that chivalrous?

It really is not that far between our

houses....but Warren insisted and 

left to get the car as Mom and I finished chatting.

It is in their caring for us so sweetly that our love grows

and grows for our husbands, right ladies?

If Warren ever brings me flowers I will get 

suspicious....Peanut M&M's are a different story....

but he shows me every day, in so many ways

that I am loved.  He takes wonderful care of

our entire family.

Thanks Honey!

You have proved, once again, 

that Chivalry is not dead!