WE SURVIVED, A HOPEFUL SPIRIT AFTER THE STORM: The drive back to Henryville

HENRYVILLE It is typically a mothers instinct to be protective.

However, for Trish Gilles being protective may be an understatement. She finds herself looking to shield her children from anything deemed risky. After the March EF-4 Henryville tornado tossed Trish, her family and home into the swirling storm, she admits to being a bit extreme when it comes to the safety of her family.

Although a mother never needs a purpose for being protective, Trish wanted to explain.

I truly have good reason for being overly protective, given that I nearly lost my entire family just a couple of months ago, she said.

She believes time may diminish her intense feelings, but Darrell isnt so sure.

Trish has always been a very protective mother over our children. he said. I am the parent to encourage them to take on challenges and even some risks, while Trish is the one who pulls them back and tells them they need to be careful.

The children seem to deal with the differing parenting styles without difficulty; they understand why their mother is cautious and they have learned when to push and just how far to push.

SOME MEMORIES COME BACK

In earlier conversations, the family found it difficult to recall or provide details of their survival. Although Darrell and Trish do not believe they passed out, they simply could not invoke specifics for the time period between the moment the house began to rip apart and the instant they located one another in the field.

However, time will often allow repressed traumatic memories to be released and as the family heals both physically and emotionally, they remember. They remember the house being torn and rolling to the side; they remember falling against the wall of the closet where they huddled; they remember being torn from one anothers arms; they remember fear; they remember being hurled to the ground they remember. Trish recalls it was much like being on a cruel roller coaster ride and explained, It took my breath away.

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WE SURVIVED, A HOPEFUL SPIRIT AFTER THE STORM: The drive back to Henryville