The Great Iowa Fall Of 2025

 Hey Friends,

Thank you for stopping by! Today, I am going to share a hilarious story with you. I hope you're ready for a good laugh!

As you may recall, Mom and I traveled to Iowa last month. We had a fabulous time with Pastor John Stringfellow and his family! We immensely enjoyed the revival in Keswick, Iowa. I am still rejoicing over the services we had that week.

Our very dear friends, Bro. Andy and Sis. Tina Stringfellow was the evangelist during the revival. It was so wonderful to be with the Stringfellow family! We all made so many great memories during that week!

Probably the greatest of them all happened unexpectedly! Let me give you a little backstory…

There is a wooden ramp attached to Pastor John Stringfellow’s home. That is the entrance that I used to enter the house. to get to the ramp, we had to do a little off-road driving in my wheelchair and cut through the yard.

On Wednesday, it rained, making the yard very soft. Bro. Andy offered to push me through the soft yard to help Mom. 

I trust Bro. Andy, therefore, I agreed to his help. We took this picture laughing at a memory made by our friend Mandi Morris many years ago. Bro. Andy was imitating Mandi’s version of leaning me back! 🤣 We had a good laugh!

Then Mom showed him how to properly lean me back on the back two wheels, to make getting across the soft yard easier.

We made it safely across the yard. Bro. Andy decided to keep me leaning back while walking on the ramp. Sis. Tina warned him that there was a slick spot on the ramp.

We found the said slick spot! When his feet hit that spot, they went toward the street and his face toward the ground. My chair proceeded to lay all the way down on the ground. It all happened in the blink of an eye!

Bro. Andy and I bumped heads on our way down. Thankfully, we were both were ok! It is a wonder that I did not come all the way out of my chair!

My dress had migrated up around my waist. Mom said I was laying on my back with my feet pointed toward the sky. All she could see was me lifting my dress up in the air, trying to cover my legs. I was worried about being decent! Bro. Andy assured me that he did not see anything, because his face was toward the ground.

Once we were assured that we both were alright. All we could do was laugh! The Great Fall Of Iowa 2025 happened insanely fast! The memory will last a lifetime! I have not quit laughing about it since that day!

Bro. Andy and I said we needed T-shirts saying that we survived The Great Fall of Iowa 2025. The picture above was taken moments before the fall! My mom still had my phone in her hand.Everyone around us was laughing too hard to get any pictures or video of the actual fall. We were asked for a recreation, but we declined! 

Let me just state, I still trust, Bro. Andy! He pushed my wheelchair again the next day. He did not keep me leaned back while going up the wood ramp. We learned our lesson! We also avoided slick spot!

There you have the story of The Great Iowa Fall Of 2025!  Bro. Andy felt horrible! There is no reason to feel horrible! I think it is hilarious! Accidents happened to all of us!

He offered to push my chair at church that night, but I turned him down. The spirit of my dad came over me, “I told him you know after our fall today I can't walk!” 🤣

See y'all tomorrow!

Odie