Clara's Corner: Back From Gatlinburg!!!!!

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Back From Gatlinburg!!!!!

It's Tues night and we got home this afternoon about five o'clock. I don't know if any of you saw the weather around Knoxville this morning, but there was a huge ice storm that hit there and the surrounding counties. Between 7:00 am and 1:00 pm there were 200 wrecks in Knox County alone. Even an ambulance with a patient overturned. It was awful. We were supposed to leave our Motel this morning, but there was no way I would get on the road in a storm like that. Bill kept wanting me to start home and I kept telling him NO. We had Ryan and Lucas with us, and it was necessary to go back toward Knoxville to their home. So, I waited until the temp got up to 35 and it started raining. It was around one o'clock when we left there. Things had gotten considerably better by then, and we made it home without an accident...PTL! I will post some pictures soon !

2 comments:

Marci said...: I am glad you are home safe and sound. I know you enjoyed your time with the young men!!!; 9:32 PM
Lib said...: Hi Clara,
Glad you made it back home safe.
News said this a.m. we ending up woth over 700 wrecks, glad you stayed put.
BLESSINS'Lib; 6:15 PM

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I am from hayfield and blackberry patches, gathering eggs and selling them to my Daddy in his store. I am from a house with no bath....but a path. I am from cherry trees where I climbed and ate more than I carried home.....from digging potatoes in the rich earth. I am from skinny dipping and swinging on grape vines, two room school house, sitting on the front porch while my Mother played the guitar.....wringer washers and wash tubs. I am from playing the piano, the accordian and making playhouses in the woods....hide and seek, jumping rope and May I. From: Raleigh's Liniment, Cracker Jacks and Castor Oil.....Revival Meetings and Baptisms in the river....catalogs and feed sack skirts. From: "Pretty is only skin deep" to "Always mind your manners." I am from Methodist, Baptist, Wednesday night prayer meetings and shouting Hallaujah. I am from the Volunteer state of Tennessee with lakes and mountains, race cars, beans, cornbread and red eye gravy. We always called it "God's Country." I am from family get togethers, dinner on the ground, singing with my sisters, a Mother with a heart of gold and a Daddy with a strict hand. A grandfather who always looked to see if I had my fingernails painted and a Grandmother who could squeeze your heart out! Yes, I came from a family of seven siblings and I have told you where I came from. It was wonderful and I wouldn't change a thing if I could. Now let me tell you where I am going...."To Where The Streets Are Paved With Gold." Some days, I can hardly wait!