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Day 2 Blog Week Birthday Bastion 2024

"Blog Week Birthday Bastion 2024" 
Prompt 2. Sept 2.
Tell us about an earthshaking Life-or-Death situation in your life. What happened, how did it change you, if at all?

Day 2 Blog Week Birthday Bastion 2024

I am late. it is 1 minute after midnight as I start this entry...

Being late is not earth-shattering. Life is taking a toll on me right now. I am going to write an entry anyways.

How many words do I need? 300 Word Minimum..

79 down 221 more to go...

The first thing I thought of when I read the prompt was the first earthquake I ever experienced.

It was August 2011. I was in Annapolis, Maryland—actually Arnold, Maryland.

My dad's address was sometimes Arnold and sometimes Annapolis for some reason I don't remember and never understood...

133 Words—I am so exhausted—I am struggling to reach the minimum word count. Day 2 and I am already a failure!!!

My father died on July 29th, 2011. That was an earth-shattering event for me.

My youngest sister and my con-man brother-in-law had tried to keep the news of his death from my other sister and I. That was VERY EARTH-SHATTERING. It made my dad's death even harder to bear. They tried to steal my dad's estate.

They wanted my dad's money—I wanted my dad...

I need 79 more words... Well, actually the needed words become fewer as I note them, eh?

Not only was that August 2011 earthquake the first for me, it is the only earthquake I have experienced.

I was talking on the phone to my "good" when it happened. The strangest part of it was that the kitchen cabinets suddenly no longer seemed solid. They appeared to be waving as though the were a piece of cloth.

Oh good, I am going to reach that 300 Word minimum!!!

As I think back to that sad summer, memories come flooding back. The tears are gentler this time...

~ ~ ~ JESUS is LORD! ~ ~ ~

I am late. it was 1 minute after midnight when I started this entry...

~ ~ ~ JESUS is LORD! ~ ~ ~