This morning we had our first tornado experience since we moved here. We heard the sirens and immediately turned on the news and radios. And the weatherman was saying that there was potential for tornado in Leeds (a town about a little over a mile away) and for people in the area to get prepared to go to their "safe place." And they kept announcing that Moody (our town) should get prepared too. So of course, never having been in/near tornadoes, we were paying VERY close attention to the news. We weren't panicked or anything, but definitely wanted to be prepared. Our kids have been really scared of tornadoes since we moved down here because of what happened in April. So we didn't want to freak out Ellie but wanted to be ready. Luckily, everything turned out just fine.
While we were experiencing this at home, Ayden was at school. Knowing his worries, we were concerned for him. I knew his teachers would be completely prepared and ready if anything did happen, but I knew he would be very scared. When he came home today, the first thing he told me was that they sat in the hallway "for a long time." And then he said, "I got really scared and cried, mom." Then he told me that his classmates were very helpful and they gave him a book to help distract him. Then he said, "But the thing that helped the most is that I said a prayer. And Heavenly Father helped me." The power of prayer in the hands of a faithful 7 year old. It makes my mommy heart feel so good.
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