I guess I now know a new emotion- sheer terror.

Today was the grand parade for the annual Apple Festival.  About half an hour into it, I spotted this person walking through the crowd, wearing a makeshift mask out of an upside down do-rag and holding a handmade sign high in the air for everyone to see.  I don't quite understand what it meant, but it said,

Jesus is
David's Son

and there was another line about a mother, but I can't remember it.  I was scared to death, I almost packed the kids up and left, but my mom convinced me to stay.  He looked like he was ready to open fire at any moment.  Throughout the whole parade, I couldn't shake the feeling I had, and we ended up leaving early anyway.

The news hasn't been on, but I haven't heard any rumors, so I'm assuming that nothing happened.  But, I was terrified!  I don't think I've ever felt that way before. 

On a positive note, the kids loved the parade!

Our local grocery store just put in a gas station as an incentive to buy food and get free gas.  Yep, that's a great way to portray Murphysboro!  I bet Main Street is loving this.