Storm leaves some peace in its wake

The recent storms showed us what a powerful force Mother Nature can be. She leaves a trail of destruction after her visit.

Power outage causes unforeseen difficulties for hospitals, businesses, families and many more.

However, recently in our house I expressed some delight when the power went out. My wife thought I had a few screws loose. When we don’t have power we don’t have television and we don’t have laptops; in other words we don’t have distractions. We sat by the fire with our young son with only candles to light the way and drank tea from a flask. We talked for ages with no mention of how many “likes” a picture on Facebook did or did not get. We sat in a wonderful and peaceful silence.