Today's volunteers were provided by Davidson Co. Sheriff's Department

Last night we found out that our cousin, Justin, passed away. He was in his 30's and has a beautiful daughter. My heart goes out to his daughter, parents, and brothers. They are by far the sweetest family and growing up I always loved to visit them. His parents, Joe and Elizabeth (Sissy), and daughter, Heaven, were at mom's this past week to help us in the clean-up process. Joe has been out several times and has been a huge help in telling us what we need to do in the gutting of the house. We are extremely sad and sick about Justin.

I decided it would be best if I stayed home from work today and help my mom. My Uncle Casey came out this morning and busted out the kitchen. The kitchen is almost completely gutted now. The piles of my moms stuff that was lost in the flood have been so depressing to look at while working at the house. It just is a reminder of how much we lost. My uncle made a phone call and in 30 minutes the sheriff's department was out cleaning it up. There were about 8 inmates that worked at getting the piles gone. There worked so hard and were very nice guys. We were very appreciative of them and red cross fed them all. When they finished they went to a neighbors house that had come up to see if they could help him out. After they cleaned out his shed that had floated to another yard they went and emptied their trucks. Then they came back to our neighborhood to help clean-up the piles of debris. Our neighborhood has been a forgotten neighborhood and the sheriff's department has stepped up to help us out.

After they left, mom and I took off to run some errands. We went to the Tide Trucks for Loads for Hopes to pick up and drop off clothes. We also tried to get mom a tetanus shot but we were unsuccessful. While in downtown we were stuck in lots of traffic. It was very frustrating. At one put we were at 8th and Division when mom got in the turning lane to turn right. We sat for at least 10 minutes and not moving an inch. The lights were changing and no one was moving. Mom was griping and saying she was going to go in the middle lane then turn in front of them if they don't go soon. She finally decided to do that and then we started laughing so hard. She had been stuck in stand still traffic behind a row of parked cars!!! In her defense the car in front of her had someone in it with the break lights on. Also, there was someone behind us that had done the same thing. We were laughing and figured there is a dumb blonde joke going to come out of this story.