So how are you? Having a good weekend?
I have a cousin to whom my sisters and I were very close while growing up, but have not seen in years and years. Well, that all changed this weekend. She and her 24 year old son came to visit! 
Sadly, her husband passed away about 6 weeks ago, but she’s always been one to deal with what life gives her and, as per usual, has taken life by the horns and is making the best out of her situation. One of her main priorities was to visit her hometown and her family, and now she has! We all gathered last evening for a reunion, and it was really fun. I told her and my 2 sisters that if they really wanted to reminisce, the three of them should go back into the bedroom and lock me out. LOL You see, that’s what they always did to me when I was a kid. Being the “baby” of the family, they didn’t want me hanging around, so they’d lock the bedroom door so I couldn’t get to them. How mean, huh! *wink*
We’ve had several awesome thunderstorms here this summer, but last night’s storm definitely takes home the gold. WOW! I don’t think I’ve ever seen such heavy rainfall, or a more awesome lightning display! Have you ever seen circular lightning, or lightning which “sparkles” away?? I saw both last night! My daughter and I were the only ones looking when the circular lightning appeared in the sky. It was the kind of thing where you look at the other person and say, “did you just see what I saw??”. And we both did. The bolt appeared in the cloud, formed a circle, and had fingers of lightning coming out from around the edges! It was a fairly big circle, too. Totally cool! Then later, Hubby, Callie and I were riding around looking at the local flooding (which was pretty bad in some areas!), and the rain was so weird! One minute it would be raining so hard you could barely see where you were going, then the next it would suddenly stop, as if someone had shut off a giant water faucet in the sky. Then, a few minutes later, it would start up again just as hard as before. It came in waves like that for 2 hours straight. At one point, I was looking out the car window and saw an amazing cloud-to-ground lightning strike that stayed lit for a good few seconds, kind of flashing all the while, then instead of just … ending …. it sparkled out, exactly like fireworks after they explode and the embers sparkle and shimmer until they go out. It was SO awesome! The whole storm was amazing ….. lightning everywhere (in fact, a house just 2 blocks from us was struck!), and thunder louder than I’ve ever heard before! Crackling thunder, exploding thunder, window-rattling thunder — it was so much FUN! (yeah, I know, I’m weird lol)
My cousin will be leaving in a couple of hours, so I think I’ll go give her a call to say goodbye. I hope you are all enjoying a happy weekend! See ya’ later! 
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