I'm so glad the physio therapist did not ask me how my weekend was. Because I would have just lost it...you know when the tears start and you don't know how to stop them? So Rudy and I and Ben & Katie and the kids headed to Kelowna for the long weekend. Seeing as we didn't book this till late Tuesday night, we found this little Gem, or I should say price smart found this little Gem , tucked away on wood lake. Seeing as I had spend days trying to find accommodation and always failing we were feeling pretty lucky to get the last two rooms. Well we were pretty surprised by the run down shabby motel we found (and not that cheap I might add). Making the best of things we unpacked, although not in the kitchen as the odour coming from the cabinets were not to house food. It was dry and tomorrow would bring in a nice day at the beach. After a fitful night ,love those waves in our double bed , I prayed that no bed bugs would devour me in the night. The purple or violet sink , tub and toilet would not have been so bad either if one just pretended the rust did not exist. During the night I was awoken by streams of running water which I thought was coming from our plumbing but it ended up only being the river gushing by our bedroom window , a mere few feet away. We did not dare close the windows as the only air conditioning we experienced was the breeze created by our grandchildren running circles in our cubicle called the living room.So after a semi good nights rest, we jumped out of bed to have mate at the beach. Maybe a two star motel? But we have a beach. The morning rain did not dampen our moods , we were on a vacation , this was going to be good, period. In the afternoon the sun did appear, now the vacation could begin. Only what was all that noise? A bunch of the men campers were rushing to the lake , three boys were in trouble they needed help or they would drown. Our motel only housed 16 units . 10 units were taken by a family down for a wedding. The cleaning lady had another one, we had two and there were two other campers. 4 men jumped into the lake to save there kids. One man was off to the side a little away from all the commotion trying to reach his son., when he got in distress and called for help. He yelled twice , Ben jumped in and then Rudy, he never surfaced again. Two calls for help and his life was over. His son ,nephew, daughter and the other rescuers made it to shore. Three men had happy endings , one didn't. Rudy and Ben stayed in the water looking for the body, we waited for help. We did what we could, it was too late. Two calls for help, I never knew it could happen so fast. The next couple of hours were spend looking for the body , giving statements to the police. Offering condolences to the family. The wedding started without them. The children screamed for their daddy...how to describe it? Can't tell you. The search and rescue called everyone out of the water, we couldn't stay, we just couldn't. We packed up our bags, the owners were busy at a wedding in Surrey, we left the details with the cleaning lady. We needed to breathe, the grandchildren needed to play (they had no idea) we went to a near by water park while we searched for another hotel. In my shock and sorrow I spotted a rainbow in the middle of the water park.God was in control even though our life felt so out of control. After trying a number of hotels on our cell phones Rudy called expedia and got the only hotel left in Kelowna, we went there , anywhere but here. On our arrival expedia got there reservations wrong, there was no such room for us, so the hotel upgraded us to a better room at no extra charge. The hotel was beautiful , beyond any expectation I could ever have. We didn't get peace the first night, but it came the second night. It did not take away our sadness, but we had moments of joy. So how was our weekend? Tough and good. Emotional , sad with spurts of joy. And on the way home I found out my email was hacked, sorry to all who got that message it wasn't from me. And when we got home Rudy went to get his quampa out of the card and it was missing, as well as all my insurance papers and car manual, and my only expensive pair of sunglasses. Somebody stole them...no drugs in that tea...Small inconveniences , could still have big complications. So I drove to physio without my paper work, gotta get some new papers. All just small compared to losing a life. So when you read this pray for the family, who is mourning A husband, son, dad ,brother. And if you can pray for our family our hearts are kinda heavy.
