I was very enlightened. And soaking wet.

Today was a momentous occasion.

I WITNESSED MY VERY FIRST FLASH FLOOD.

My mom, sister and I were minding our own, perusing the aisles of Sam's Club when we heard a strange rumbling sound. If I were outside, the thought would have occurred to me that the sound was thunder, but we were inside and the noise was SO LOUD! Sister says "Wow that's some loud thunder", to which I reply, "That's not thunder. Someone must be moving things around in here." I mean, it was loud. After checking out our items, we looked outside to see SHEETS of water pouring out of the sky.

I ran to the car (about 150 feet away) and was saturated by the time I got into the vehicle. It was truly incredible.
Coming from the Northwest, we're used to longevity when it comes to rain, but not volume like that in such a short period of time. My mom, sister and I were just amazed and laughing so hard amidst the solemn-faced locals. By the time we had loaded the car and driven another mile, the rain had completely stopped and blue sky surrounded us on all sides.

While I was sitting in the passenger's seat as we drove home, I realized that this is oftentimes how life goes.
When it rains it pours and after those few minutes of severe torrential rain, it's beautiful again.
I was very enlightened. And soaking wet.

<3 S