This Thanksgiving I was blessed to have my Tio Carlito come down to celebrate Thanksgiving with us. Just days before he left we received notice that there was a Hurricane brewing up in the Caribbean between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. We gave Carl the chance to change his mind not many fly into a Hurricane! The Hurricane was forecast to hit on Thanksgiving Day! Carl arrived Tuesday night and flew out to Tambor Wednesday morning. This was the first hurricane in 174 years to make landfall in Costa Rica. At the begining of the week I was having to be on oxygen as I had much phlegm. Mom and Naty were giving me nebulize treatments as well. Sometimes if the wind blows hard in CR our electricity goes out. We were getting concerned about Hurricane Otto and what would happen if we had crazy high winds. My parents went out and bought a generator in Cobano. Unbelievably they had one for sale in town. We had branches close to the house and Naty’s rancho cut down. We battened down the nursery.. We had plenty of storage tanks for water, food, and gas for the generator. We were prepared. My mom kept saying nothing will happen because we are too prepared!
We typically always celebrate Thanksgiving, minus last year as I was not doing well. Dad was going to smoke a turkey and pork on the pit outside and mom made a ton of sides and two pies! We had invited 20 of our friends. Everyone thought we were crazy to be planning Thanksgiving in the middle of a hurricane but we did and our friends came and dad managed to smoke everything to perfection. The evening was lovely and we had a great time with friends and family. It did not rain a drop that day. Even though the government had us in a red zone we were completely missed. We were so very fortunate but other parts of Costa Rica were not. Much damage was done and people lost lives and their homes. I was happy to donate clothes to children who had lost it all. We sent food to the red cross to give a hand in need. We continue to pray for those families and actually to families every where as there seems to always be a crisis of some kind happening in the world. Bless the children everywhere. Happy Thanksgiving.
Love Malia
Back to my earlier post, I am grateful.. Grateful to have each day. We should not worry about what tomorrow brings but be thankful for the day we have. Hope all had a lovely thanksgiving.
Mucho amor,
Malia