thankful thursday # 20.

so many tornadoes lately!! 

on tuesday, my fb newsfeed was full of tornado talk again.  this time in my home state of oklahoma.  i learned you can get the live stream of our favorite weather man on earth, gary england.  so i jumped on that opportunity to hear & see the man in action {val castor, doppler radar, take shelter, & my new favorite: your helmet}.  it was marvelous.

but i quickly learned one tornado was just to the west of my mom!  so i text her & found out they had lost electricity & were in their hall closet.  {middle of the house, lowest lever, no windows.  obviously.}  i kept her up to date with news from gary.  the tornado went north of her, so she was safe to exit the closet.

{julie, me, & mom.

i got to chat with julie about gary during the storm too.}

but that meant it was headed straight for my dad's house.  since he was ignoring my texts, i text my stepmom, who kindly informed me they were home & safe.  dad started responding when i made fun of him to his wife {haha} &, being the stubborn man that he is, said they were fine.  {fine: both men in my life LOVE that word.}  the tornado was on the street his neighborhood is off of, about 3 miles west.  crazy!  but they were, in fact, fine.

{daddy byrd}

one of my dear friends, nora, was at her parents' house in norman through these shenanigans too.  nora loves crazy weather.  she text me during the alabama storms & said she had been keeping up with the weather channel all day.  she got a crazy storm of her own!  i was happy to get to chat with her & that she and the fam were safe.

 {norella}

another love of mine, miss armstrong, lives in okc, which was in the middle of the mess too.  so we, as per our norm, chatted through facebook.  i am happy to say she & her adorable puppy are just fine too.

{i was going with a rehearsal dinner pic theme.

armstrong is a super important person for the thunder & had to miss the event.

this was my ode to her.}

 {but here is an actual picture of her.
from the bachelorette party.
looking like the rockstar she is.}

i am thankful you all & so many of our friends & our home town are ok!  prayers to those who lost so much through these tornadoes. 

i hope you can think of something for which you are thankful today!

love love,

kjp.