On Tuesday, when I wrote about waiting for a storm that might not happen, I had no idea that tornadoes would tear across the Midwest. It was too early for such havoc. I thought it would be a time far enough removed from tornado-season to share a bit of writing I did several years ago.
I watched in horror as the news began to appear in the media. People's lives devastated by an experience that will stay in their memories forever. Yes, they will rebuild their houses, their churches, their communities. And they give thanks that replaceable material property, not the loss of lives, was the cost of the storm. But the terror will remain within them.
What contrast - we did get socked with rain, freezing precipitation, and then snow. The first winter snow in this upside-down winter without snow. Our only "loss" was a few cancelled commitments and a few broken branches from the weight of the snow. The people in these small towns lost far more.
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