A birthday party (and a hurricane?)

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Our son is 51 today. How can that be, seeing that I'm not much older than that myself. This is a very profound statement: You can never be younger than your oldest child. Very deep thought. Anyway, I've got most of the birthday dinner going and hope to eat around 6pm when my husband and son get back from a golf game. My grandson Nathan is here, so he'll help me with the rest of the meal. We're having pork chops, mashed potatoes and gravy, broccoli casserole, corn, deviled eggs, a tossed green salad, garlic bread, sweet tea, and a butterscotch pie with candles on top. Our son will open gifts after that. Now for the hurricane. It appears that Hurricane Florence is headed our way. We were planning to go to Myrtle Beach next week for a few days, then on to our daughter's in Charleston SC. Our 9 year old grandson is supposed to be baptized on Sunday, so I really hate to miss that. If the weather is very bad, they'll postpone it and hopefully, we can go the next time. But unless that storm turns out to sea, I think we'll be staying home to get ready. The path looks to be from NC, through SC, GA, and part of Florida. My husband was really looking forward to the NASCAR driving experience in Myrtle Beach where he would get to drive a few laps in a real race car. But we can always do that another time. Please pray for everyone in the path of the storm that God will protect homes, businesses, and especially lives. Until then, we'll party this afternoon and remember that early morning so many years ago when our first child was born. When he arrived and I knew he was healthy, it was one of the most joyous moments of my life. My husband was still in the Navy in Hawaii (I was already in NC), so with the time difference, when I called him that our baby had arrived, he actually knew about the birth late on Sept 7, even though the baby was born early on the 8th! Two weeks later, my husband got out of the Navy, came to NC and here we still are. God is good.