"We were hit"

Tornados. Wow. I have told the story to so many I still can't believe this happened to our family and while we were home. It was a nice day. A little cloudy and but nothing out of the ordinary. I went and worked out and then Faith and I went to Target in Mesquite and to Black eyed Pea to eat. When we walked out of the restaurant after eating around 12:30 it was starting to rain. You could look at the clouds and just tell something was going on. We got in the car and literally raced home. When we were almost to Forney, Jesse called and said, "Are you home? Have you been listening to the radio? There are tornado warnings everywhere around us." "Yes babe, I know. We are almost home. Love you" I said. We got home around 1:00. Faith was in the transition of not wanting to take a nap. Of course every day around 1:00 she gets exhausted so we try to lay down. I was in the worst looking pair of PJs I own. I had the radio on and heard "Forney needs to take cover", but how many times in my life have I taken cover for nothing? Every time.  The electricity went off right around two-something and we still went on trying to take a nap. It sounded more windy than usual so I went and looked out our back windows. 

Looking in amazement I saw the tornado coming at us. I stared with my mouth dropped open. I could hardly see anything but debris and a huge dark cloud. I grabbed 2 pillows from our couch, scooped up my baby girl in my arms and headed towards the center bathroom. I slammed the door and within seconds the tornado hit our home. All I can remember is praying and not letting go of Faith. It sounded like the car was going to come through the garage. Crazy. "Where was I going to run if that happened", I thought? Thank goodness it didn't. God showed himself in so many ways through all of the tornado drama; blessing us with an amazing contractor that completely took care of us with upgrades, and giving what we needed for the rest of our adoption. Thank you to my parents for welcoming us with open arms and allowing us to stay at your home for as long as we needed. We were extremely blessed by something so terrible. GOD shows himself in every part of our lives.