If I can say there is one constant that has been in my life it has been God. Not because I am one of those people who has always done the right thing on the contrary, I was the kid who was always in trouble and I’m pretty sure most of my moms grey hair is from me. In spite of all, there has always been a presence in my life that I knew was there. Always a sweet, soft voice keeping me from getting myself killed. If there was something to get involved with that I had no business doing, yep you got it I was that kid. The fact that at sixteen I had a kidney transplant really didn’t affect me the way it should have, and I really didn’t see it as an illness. I’m going to jump ahead a few years to the place where I met Jason. You have to know Jason and I started dating and three months later decided to get married much to the surprise of all of our family and friends. Looking back I once would have said that getting married that fast was not a good idea, but now I would not have changed a thing. You have to understand that Jason married me full aware that I didn’t need to have children.(remember the kidney thing I always tried to block that out by the way) Our first year of marriage was very much like most other newlyweds. We struggled to co-exist and form into each others lives, because we really didn’t know each other very well. Jason and I married in August of 1992 and in the following March came the blizzard. Only if you live in Alabama do you understand that we never and I mean never have a blizzard, but we did that year. Being that we lived in a little mobile home I thought it best to stay at Jason’s parents in the country because I thought they would have better food. Can I just say I have made many mistakes this being one of them. We woke that horrible, cold day to no electricity, and shortly there after no water. I was raised in the city so this made no sense to me. I thought we would playing outside and having fun in the snow, but seeing that I’m only five feet tall and the snow drifts were higher than me nobody wanted to play. Due to the fact we were all freezing we had to sleep in one room and I always get my giggle box turned on in uncomfortable situations. Of course Jason’s dad snores like a bear in hibernation, oh and did I mention Jason only has brothers, so his poor parents got something when they got all the daughter-in laws. We got very little sleep not because of the “bear” in the room, but because of my uncontrollable giggles. I forgot to tell you that when you get an organ that doesn’t belong to you there is some major medication involved. Remember I told you I thought we would have a little snow not a blame blizzard, so of course I forgot all that medicine and left it at home about 10 miles away. That sweet, patient man of mine was not so much at that moment. It didn’t help that when he finally got someone with a truck that could get him there he had forgotten his keys. I’m pretty sure that was one of those days he was rethinking marriage to me. Bless his heart when Jason got to our house he broke the door in just to get in the house and lo and behold our cat (I will save that story for another day) was laying in the middle of our bed with electricity, heat and plenty of water. I tried for years to blame that whole snow storm and incident on Jason but to no avail. Well this is all I have tonight, because I’m pretty sure I need to spend some quality with my sweet man. Just in case he starts to remember how much trouble I can be.
live from the crazy farm,
Jenn
so funny!! I can imagine this whole thing and it really makes me laugh. I am excited to read more. Love and Prayers 🙂 Cheryl
It was quite an experience!
Jenn
I am right there with you sister! If we don’t have power and water Jerry knows he will need to find me a hotel that does. Love the story!
Thats funny!
“I thought it best to stay at Jason’s parents in the country because I thought they would have better food.”
Jennifer I am loving your blog, and that line totally cracks me up! I’m so glad you decided to do this! And you’re right in that God was always there. Our family has been so blessed…. and so much of that we owe to the sweetest, most Godly woman I’ve ever known. Our MaMaw was such a prayer warrior for us all! Love you!! :))
Thanks Cherie! And you are correct our family has been blessed beyond measure!
Jenn
Love it. I can just see Jason shaking his head.
I know, I have caused him to shake his head a lot, LOL!!
Jenn
Ha! Neil and I did the same thing! We went to his parents house thinking that we would stay warmer in case we lost electricity because they had a fireplace and we lived in an all-electric apartment. Neil’s parents live in the country too and shortly after the heavy snow came, they lost power, water and phone service. We all had to sleep in the den by the fireplace and there was some snoring going on there too! The funny thing is that they also had a friend visiting from Canada. He came to Alabama to get away from the snow. Ha-ha! We still laugh about that.
When we got back to our apartment, we had power, water and phone service. Lesson learned for me too! 🙂
I would take it you marked that experience up as a lessoned learned, right? LOL!
Jenn
I knew you when you were that teenage girl and even then you had a sweet spirit.
Thank you for such a kind comment!
Jenn