Last winter, we had one of the worst winters that I have ever been through.
It was absolutely awful.
Not only did we have a record snowfall for our area, but we also had many more storms that usual. It seemed like for an entire month straight the wind was so strong that you didn’t even want to walk outside to your car. It did so much damage to our house and backyard that we had to call our insurance company to get the finances to fix all of it. The worst period of last winter came just one week before Christmas. We had such bad storms that the electricity was out for an entire week. We were able to get a generator and some space heaters to stay nice and warm, but it wasn’t enough to keep the house warm enough. Unfortunately because we had no heat, the pipes in our house froze. This caused a huge disaster, and it ended up costing us thousands of dollars. We didn’t have water or heat for Christmas. Although it was a very difficult year for us, we were able to witness first hand the love of the people in our community. We had neighbors and people we didn’t even know coming to our house, bringing us food, and offering to help us replace the pipes as well as fix anything they could. Not having heat is certainly not something that I would wish upon anyone, but for our family, we will never forget those couple weeks and how they have changed our life through the kindness of others.