Rattins living Coram Deo

It's been interesting living through one of the worst ice storms to hit New England. Living in my oblivious world with no TV and tuning to the all-Christmas radio station on my commute, I was totally unaware of what was happening when our power went out Thursday night. Gracie slept perhaps a total of 2 hours all night and when she was finally sleeping, I kept waking up to bangs and crashes, not realizing what was waking me up. The next morning, power was still off, but I thought nothing of it, until I walked out of the apartment to total chaos. Huge trees were uprooted and debranched unto sidewalks, roads, cars. Power lines were laying in the roads. Ice coated everything. I made it to work without any problems, and, as my clinic is further south, there was much less ice to deal with there. But that night, I returned home to a completely dark New Hampshire. A kind neighbor lent me a flashlight (since candles are less than optimal for digging clean laundry out of a hamper) and I quic...