May 20, 2013 will be a day I never forget. My kids will never forget that day. I live in Moore but I did not get any damage. Thank you God. May 20th was a normal day...my kids went to school and I cleaned the house. Around 2pm I was watching tv in my room while Logan was playing a game. Days of Our Lives was on and every commercial they would break in to tell us that is looked like bad weather coming. I had in my mind that I wouldn't get Blaine from school. I didn't want to stress him out about the weather. For some reason I changed my mind (I have no idea why) and went and got Blaine. When I got to the school it hadn't started raining yet and there was a few parents there. I saw the PTA ladies bringing in stuff for Super Kids day and I decided to help them before I got Blaine. When I came back into the office parents were going crazy. COMPLETE CHAOS. People were yelling and staff were yelling trying to listen to the radio at the same time. It was one of the scariest moments of my life. I had no idea why people were freaking out. I got my sweet 3rd grader and we got in the car. At this time it started raining and raining hard. People were backing up into each other and not stopping. My phone was going crazy and the sirens were going off. I still had no idea what was going on. I was scared and shaking. My boys were scared. I decided then to turn around and go to my friends house that had a safe rooom. I didn't know if she was home but I had to try. The drive there was the longest ever. She only lives half a mile away. Cars were going about 90 around me. It was raining hard. I pulled into my friend's driveway and banged on her door. She came to the door and told us to get in the safe room. Thank God! I could stop shaking for a minute. We were wet and we were scared. When we got in the safe room we saw what was coming for us. We were watching on the phone. I was hearing streets that I knew very well. I can not tell you how really scared I was. I felt like I was going to throw up. I prayed and I prayed hard. ALL WE HAD WAS PRAYER. I am proud to say I prayed. I PRAYED! When we found out we were safe I went outside and saw that monster tornado. It makes me sick to see the coverage of Moore. The places we know so well our gone. The kids that play soccer with us we don't even know if they are ok. No more school....we were suppose to be out on Thursday. No superkids day and no 3rd grade awards program. My son was suppose to recieve a award. His teached had just emailed me about it that day. Blaine has no idea he was going to get one. These are all little things compared to what people here are going through.
I donated some money to red cross and I bought a t-shirt. I am still praying for those people. They need our help and they need our prayers. They are not ashamed to ask for our prayers. I know if I was going through what they were I would ask for their prayers. I love MOORE Oklahoma and I love Oklahoma. I am proud to live in Oklahoma.
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May 20, 2013 will be a day I never forget. My kids will never forget that day. I live in Moore but I did not get any damage. Thank you God. May 20th was a normal day...my kids went to school and I cleaned the house. Around 2pm I was watching tv in my room while Logan was playing a game. Days of Our Lives was on and every commercial they would break in to tell us that is looked like bad weather coming. I had in my mind that I wouldn't get Blaine from school. I didn't want to stress him out about the weather. For some reason I changed my mind (I have no idea why) and went and got Blaine. When I got to the school it hadn't started raining yet and there was a few parents there. I saw the PTA ladies bringing in stuff for Super Kids day and I decided to help them before I got Blaine. When I came back into the office parents were going crazy. COMPLETE CHAOS. People were yelling and staff were yelling trying to listen to the radio at the same time. It was one of the scariest moments of my life. I had no idea why people were freaking out. I got my sweet 3rd grader and we got in the car. At this time it started raining and raining hard. People were backing up into each other and not stopping. My phone was going crazy and the sirens were going off. I still had no idea what was going on. I was scared and shaking. My boys were scared. I decided then to turn around and go to my friends house that had a safe rooom. I didn't know if she was home but I had to try. The drive there was the longest ever. She only lives half a mile away. Cars were going about 90 around me. It was raining hard. I pulled into my friend's driveway and banged on her door. She came to the door and told us to get in the safe room. Thank God! I could stop shaking for a minute. We were wet and we were scared. When we got in the safe room we saw what was coming for us. We were watching on the phone. I was hearing streets that I knew very well. I can not tell you how really scared I was. I felt like I was going to throw up. I prayed and I prayed hard. ALL WE HAD WAS PRAYER. I am proud to say I prayed. I PRAYED! When we found out we were safe I went outside and saw that monster tornado. It makes me sick to see the coverage of Moore. The places we know so well our gone. The kids that play soccer with us we don't even know if they are ok. No more school....we were suppose to be out on Thursday. No superkids day and no 3rd grade awards program. My son was suppose to recieve a award. His teached had just emailed me about it that day. Blaine has no idea he was going to get one. These are all little things compared to what people here are going through.
I donated some money to red cross and I bought a t-shirt. I am still praying for those people. They need our help and they need our prayers. They are not ashamed to ask for our prayers. I know if I was going through what they were I would ask for their prayers. I love MOORE Oklahoma and I love Oklahoma. I am proud to live in Oklahoma.
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ReplyDeleteShawna, you wrote this beautifully, as a mother and from your heart. I am so proud of you for putting your feelings down in type. I am proud that you are my grandchildren's mother and Ryan's wife. I love all of you and so happy that my prayers were answered. I love you.
ReplyDeleteI am SO happy that you and your family are safe. I had no idea what was going on either, and we were way out south from our house. It was CRAZY crowded and TONS of traffic on the streets in Tulsa, and there was nothing by us really. I can't even imagine. But as soon as I heard that the tornado was in Moore, all I could think of was you and your family and whether or not you were ok! My mom called me and asked me too! WE JUST LOVE YOU! PRAYER WORKS!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I LOVE that T-shirt! I bought one here too. The girl that owns the store where I bought mine said that 100 percent of all t-shirt sales were going to Moore. She said they had sold over 400 already today! YAY!!