we've been back in black mountain for about 48 hours. for those, we again stayed across the street at our neighbor's house. my brain has not fully been able to keep up with his generosity.
tonight, we moved to another friend's house closer to the center of town. it's off montreat road, where i've run many miles. especially recently. it's much more comfortable -- our neighbor's has been in a phase change of getting ready to sell. this is a home.
on sunday, two men from a group of outside building inspectors came by to take a look at the house and asses damage for the city. out green, yellow, and red categories, we managed a yellow: restricted use. their onceover was to see if the house came off its foundation and it did not. we also heard tonight that insurance won't cover it since everything was a flood. while we don't own the home, that's a bummer. especially for all of the people who do own homes and will get the same runaround. it's hard not to feel as if insurance companies really are not a very good mirror up to our humanity.
we've eaten three meals now at the old railyard. they've got a big operation there full of clothes, a supply area, and two free meals a day. the meals are wonderful and there's a kids area -- major key.
both meals today, i wanted to cry in line waiting for feed. i was seeing myself outside of myself and what i saw felt very surreal: uncertainty, family, baby on the way, major natural disaster, all shuffling forward for food. we could (inconveniently) manage to cook food. we could also buy supplies. but we really need help and there are so many people helping.
rather than recount all of the little details for these last few words -- they are there, but my body is really, very, drained for some reason -- i'd like to just think for a second about all of this:
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i can't wait for my friends and their families to come back. i think that our little project in community here in black mountain will be even more pliable and durable because of all of this.
thanks be to God.