The Good Thing About Storms

Eli soaks in facts and information like a sponge. And he has a real science interest, like his daddy. At school they have been talking about weather, with an apparent emphasis on natural disasters. He knows so much information about tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, lightening, and floods.

Living in tornado alley, and with the threat of violent storms this weekend, Eli has been a little nervous. Last night he couldn't take his eyes off the news, wanting to know where every "spinny thing" was in proximity to us.

Rick tried to ease his mind by telling him that there were good things about storms, which made me giggle because when Eli said, "Like what?", Rick had to come up with something. But, low and behold, about an hour later, Brynne came screaming down the stairs for us to come outside! There was the most beautiful rainbow! Not only A rainbow, but a DOUBLE rainbow. The kids were fascinated, and so were we. Rick told the kids that God made rainbows to remind us that He would never flood the earth again. Without a storm, there wouldn't be a rainbow.

Eli said, "This was the best day ever!"