Brilliant things I experienced in a hurricane after I was 75 in Brilliant Things I Enjoy After My 75th Birthday

Knowing I was okay to stay alone in my house during the before, during, and end phases of Hurricane Irma.
That someone can do that after age 75 and feel perfectly confident.
That a tree could fall to the left of my house and partially in my front yard without hitting my house.
That the tree was secretly dying anyway and of the many trees in that yard, it was the one that fell.
That a tree could also fall to the right of my house and not touch my house.
That I could even enjoy eating canned salmon, tuna, smoked sausage with canned veggies in oil, vinegar and onion salads.
The impact of wet towels over one’s shoulders in a house that is hot…84-96.
When friends loan me an window air conditioner for one room that offers respite from the heat
The amazement and reinforcement one of 75+ feels when adult children if reluctantly agree with decisions I made to stay here without electricity for days
The joy days later of awakening comfortably in a room, then walking out into another and yet another and all are air conditioned and comfortable.

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