[Magdalen] Storm Prayers

[Marion Thompson]

It's always something, eh?  Rest easy worry-wise, as Sgt Bilko used to 
say.  I'm sure it wasn't your fault in any way, shape, or form. Let the 
garage worry about the cause.  Here's to an easy answer and an even 
easier solution!

Marion, a pilgrim

On 2/24/2016 5:11 PM, Kristin Rollins wrote:
> We got a tornado warning when I was on the way home from the movie
> theater (where I saw _Race_ which I enjoyed and which left me with some
> food for thought). Given that the description gave it 15 minutes until
> the storm reached our neighborhood and I was only about a mile away,  I
> pushed for home. And reached it.
>
> But the van had a number of issues on the trip home. The wiper fluid
> started spraying for no reason. And then stopped on its own. The power
> steering disappeared as I was trying to turn into the driveway at home,
> and then resumed several seconds later, after much wrestling to try to
> put my car some place other than blocking both lanes of our street.
> (Fortunately, there was no traffic that I delayed at that time.)
>
> I got it in the driveway and into the house for the tornado warning to
> pass. When I went back out to try to go pick Heather up at work, the
> wiper fluid started spraying again. And it didn't stop until it sounded
> like it was out of fluid to pump, but still trying. At which point, I
> turned off the key.
>
> So Heather may be crossing her fingers and relying on Uber for the first
> time to get home.. And my fears and emotions are running wild, and
> finding all too many ways to blame myself and to assure myself of all
> sorts of horrible things. I am not in a terrible place emotionally right
> now, but I am a little worried about whether that will stay that way.
>
> (On the plus side, we do have a tax refund coming to us, so there is
> wiggle room that there would not ordinarily be. But I suspect that our
> road trip is likely to turn into either a car repair bill or a new-to-us
> car down payment.)
>
> And another line of storms due here in 2-3 hours.
>
> I could use a few prayers, mostly for staying calm than for any of the
> physical effects of the storm. My mind is hyper-alert and turning every
> sound into something tobe fearful of. I am hoping that some of that will
> calm when Heather gets home and I am no longer here alone. (And we are
> still until a tornado watch for another four hours or so, but the
> warning expired a bit more than an hour ago.)
>
> Kristin
>