It's been a little over a week since our famous back-to-back snowstorms started. Last Saturday, Lloyd and I got a call from his son in the morning. It seems that his niece (my stepdaughter's son's wife) was on her way from North Carolina to New Jersey. She was to meet her mom for a weekend together. Her mom was travelling from Maine to New Jersey. But then around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, Lizzie found herself stranded in Baltimore. Stuck in between a few tractor trailers with her little Mustang, there was nothing to do but strand the car.
In a short time we received phone calls from Lizzie's mother-in-law (my stepdaughter) and husband as well. We only live about 10 or 12 miles from there, but it may as well have been the other side of the country. We had about two feet of snow by then. I couldn't move my little hybrid and Lloyd's 4 wheel drive was behind it. Plus with Lloyd's heart condition, he cannot shovel much and I certainly wasn't any match for that amount of heavy snow.
Lizzie was stuck on the road and the city and state were not helping. The city said she was on a state road. The state said she was on a city road. She was stuck in the a bureaucratic nightmare until almost noon. Her husband Rick (whom I proudly call my grandson) is a soldier in Ft. Bragg. He decided to try his military brothers and sisters. It was only a matter of time before the National Guard picked her up in a Hummer and dove her to our house.
Now we were not looking forward to the snow. But God brought this little angel to our house. What a delightful young lady she is. It was so wonderful to have a sweet guest with us as we wiled away the snowy hours.
On Sunday, her awesome mom, Doreen, drove down and helped get Lizzie's car dug out. Doreen's a seasoned Maine driver with a 4 wheel. However, even she couldn't make it down our street. She managed to park off the main road and walk over. Mother and daughter got to spend time together after all. And we got to make some new friends who are part of our extended family.
We can't leave out Happy, the wonder pup, who was also a part of the package. (Although our cat would happily forget, I' sure).