10 year survivor - my wife

Wow! What a story! Glad it has a happy ending, that's really incredible..

Kudos the both of you for the battles you are winning.

LupronJim

Thanks everyone...

We've been able to shelf this for years, but for some reason it's very emotional this year....

Wow! Such an amazing, and at the same time, such a terrifying experience!

When I first read the title of your thread I thought you were going to tell us that your wife had just passed her own ten-year mark in surviving cancer, but it turns out it was something much more immediately threatening than that! So happy that you both came out of it, although she had to travel a road back to recover from it.

It's interesting that you say that this time the memory of it seems more emotional. Psychologists have known for some time that for some reason the anniversaries of traumatic events can trigger these kinds of reactions. They also say that that can be a good thing, in that your minds may have been suppressing the painful memory of such events in the past, but now that this memory is coming out, it means that your mind is coming to terms with what happened to you, you have learned to deal with it, and the memory of it won't be a problem in the future.

A harrowing experience to be sure, and so tragic to lose possessions like that, but you're both still here!

Thanks for sharing. I am in Houston and somewhat expect hurricanes. I never thought on terrible storms whee you live. You guys are great at survival. Keep it up.

I read this last night while we were under a tornado "watch" here in northern Illinois.  These "watches" occur so often that most people ignore them, going about their business until there's an actual "warning."  However, having experienced a tornado way back when I was in the fifth grade, I find I still get nervous every time I check the weather radar and see a deep red or purple storm heading our way.  about 12 years ago I had gone out to make sure the windows were up on the car when I heard an ominous roar coming from the west, behind our house in the darkness.  I ran in, got the wife and daughter downstairs, but before we could even get to the basement, the power was out. A weak tornado had passed over our house and took the roof off of an apartment complex four blocks east of us.

I salute your wife for her courage and for being able to put this terrible experience behind her.  I had a boss  who lived through the terrible Xenia, Ohio, tornado back in the 70's, and he still dreads the anniversary of that storm.  The people in the house across the street from him were killed that day.

Your wife did all the smart things when the storm hit, and what a brave lady she is.  Let's hope none of us ever experiences Mother Nature's fury to that degree again.  Thanks for sharing her story.

Thanks for sharing that story.

Andrew

Thank you. . . Man, did YOU marry the right woman. An inspiring story. Though we all know day-to-day is tough.