tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879614662040394328.post4873683667436687712..comments2023-10-02T11:07:50.574-05:00Comments on Smiling Through the Rain: Tornado AftermathAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03777400850337711004noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879614662040394328.post-32589966418543673492013-10-29T09:45:01.729-05:002013-10-29T09:45:01.729-05:00so true... while those of us are moving on and goi...so true... while those of us are moving on and going on with life, others are grieving and walking down a path searching for healing and wondering why. So sad to know although things will be rebuilt and life will go on, there are those whose lives remained shattered by that day. Mrs. D'Amicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488883366669591864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879614662040394328.post-35470965389017518412013-10-28T21:21:38.178-05:002013-10-28T21:21:38.178-05:00Oh my. My heart hurts for that man and all those w...Oh my. My heart hurts for that man and all those who lost children that day. While I am grateful your neighborhood has been rebuilt and people are moving on with their lives, it must be so difficult to be one of the ones who was impacted the most and probably feel like the world has forgotten their pain. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074856757394183697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879614662040394328.post-63171928557413119952013-10-28T18:47:27.300-05:002013-10-28T18:47:27.300-05:00Oh wow. So glad I'm reading this at home beca...Oh wow. So glad I'm reading this at home because it sure did bring me to tears. As both a mom and a teacher, May 20th really impacted my view of my safety AND my daughter's safety at school. As this world gets crazier and crazier, and the horrible tragedies seem to hit closer and closer, I am so beyond thankful that we are all here today. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03077799965411635314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879614662040394328.post-33282793562729891162013-10-28T13:05:07.852-05:002013-10-28T13:05:07.852-05:00Beautiful post, very, very sad.
A girl I knew wa...Beautiful post, very, very sad. <br /><br />A girl I knew was killed in a house fire three years ago. She was a teenager, and she and the three other teenagers in the house all died. There was no rhyme or reason why they couldn't get out, as they had called 9-1-1 and all been OK at the time. Whatever happened between the call and their deaths, only God knows. <br /><br />At the annual memorial, there was a man there desperately clinging to a t-shirt he had in his hands. He was a tenant in the neighboring unit when everything happened. The shirt he was holding belonged to that of his own son, who had been killed as a small child in a house fire 20 years prior. He came to the memorial, through obvious incredible agonizing pain, because he didn't want the family to think everyone had moved on. He wanted them to know he remembered, because he had been there himself and he knew what it was like to watch everyone go on with life when you're still so broken.<br /><br />It was something I will never forget, and we were all sooo touched by this man's kindness, in the midst of his own grief. It's a reminder to be gentle, and considerate at all times and to always remember. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879614662040394328.post-70335552172783131692013-10-28T13:02:16.298-05:002013-10-28T13:02:16.298-05:00Wow, I probably shouldn't have read this at wo...Wow, I probably shouldn't have read this at work. Now I am all teary eyed. How surreal that must have been to watch. It is a reminder that no matter how much rebuilding is happening, some things can't be fixed. kkasunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02183334533316759163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879614662040394328.post-32804526753414588262013-10-28T11:53:36.136-05:002013-10-28T11:53:36.136-05:00It's still hard to believe it all happened eve...It's still hard to believe it all happened even though we see the evidence of it daily. I'm glad you wrote this post. Kandicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386053746471510050noreply@blogger.com