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Here’s what happened this morning…

1) A rental car was stolen downtown & ended up knocking in our house 15 minutes later.
2) The suspect did not survive. Therefore, our house has become a crime scene. (Please pray for anyone impacted by his death.)
3) Our house is old & very solidly built of stone & brick. But the crash SHOOK the whole house, knocking picture frames and damaging plaster throughout the house.
4) We’ll have to get the whole house inspected to make sure it’s structurally sound.
5) It set off our alarm at 3:30 AM. I had been tossing & turning all night (being 26 weeks pregnant and all) so Lance had moved to the guest room upstairs during the night.
6) So I wake up all by myself downstairs, alarm blaring, not knowing what happened. Was someone in our house? I had felt the shaking, but still had no idea what was going on. I was petrified to move to even turn off the alarm.
7) The alarm company calls. Still not knowing what happened, we tell them to send an officer to check things out.
8) Lance notices the dismembered eating room & kitchen (drywall & dishes EVERYWHERE) and car-in-house, and calls police. Tells me & Ethan to stay upstairs. Not in E’s room, because we’re still not sure about integrity of that side of the house.
9) Ethan is crying, upset, scared. The crash happened right above his room. If I felt it in my room across the house, he was surely shaken in this bed.
10) The car MUST have been FLYING down this side street. Our house is set back like 150 feet from the road. He flew through 1 tree, hit another one, and THEN knocked open our house.
11) My Poor Crepe Myrtle and beautiful hyacinths are gone.
12) It’s raining & is scheduled to rain a bunch more today & the rest of the week. Not great news when you have a whole ripped open in your house & water leaking all into your basement.
13) Looks like we need a new kitchen. We wanted a new one eventually, but looks like the time is here.
14) We haven’t budgeted for a new kitchen. We were planning to put a fence & deck around our back yard in a few weeks, so looks like that plan will have to change.
15) It’s terrible timing for a new kitchen. I’m having a baby in 3 months. New kitchens take FOREVER!
16) Do we need a new house too? I’m hoping and praying that the rest of our house is okay.
17) I’m praying that the gas line did not break. The car came in on that side of the house. Lance noticed damage in the basement against the gas line.
18) I have no idea what else broken. I know that one of the two soup tureens survived. Good thing I bought two!
19) I guess this is now our 15 minutes of fame, since we’re all over the local (Channel 2) news.

Also...If you guys are praying for our family, please pray for #1: The structural integrity of our house. I'm not joking, the car literally moved/shook the house, so I'm just praying that it's not severely damaged. #2: For the insurance to cover as much as possible. This is not minor damage, here. #3: The upcoming uncertainty & stresses to follow.