Mom and I had been anticipating the first day of summer and it was finally here. The morning was just beautiful with the warm sunshine and blue sky. My mom wanted to go for a longer walk so she could see her mountain. It was good we got the wall on early as after lunch, the clouds started forming. A little while later we heard thunder. Then the rain started…then the hail. And it was big hail. It went on for about 25 minutes which was very unusual. At one point we did actually stay on the middle of the house as the 1.5″ ice balls hit the windows. Luckily the windows held up, but the trim and screens took a beating. Everything calmed down by dinner time. Later we spotted an amazing mushroom cloud, lit by the sunset. After mom went to bed, I closed up the windows and saw a spectacular light show. The clouds had come over and the lightning flashed nonstop for quite some time. It was quite a day. As my neighbor and I assessed the damage, he said that this weather reminds us how very little control we actually have. So true.

I Found God today in the powerful, awesome weather.