I had a few bottles of water in the pantry. Maybe six. I always thought that was plenty. It wasn’t even close.
Two thirsty kids go through water fast, and you need water for more than just drinking.
You need it to make their food, to clean their little hands, to wipe their faces.
So I put them in the car and drove to the store.
The Water Aisle Was Completely Empty.
You already know what I found. Bare shelves. A man was carrying out the very last case before I even reached the back of the store.
I stood there feeling sick.
I’m the only one those babies had with them, and I couldn’t get them a simple, clean drink of water.
Something that’s usually extremely easy to get.
I thought, fine, I’ll just boil some. But my stove is electric… No power, no stove. My neighbor had a gas grill, but his propane tank was empty.
And even if I could boil the water, how would I get all of that dirt and sediment out that was turning the water brown?
I once read you could use a few drops of bleach to clean water, but I didn’t have any, and even if I did, I didn’t feel ok giving my grandbabies bleach in water, even if it was a drop or two.