There are times when thoughts and prayers do little, like with school shootings; for those instances, positive action is really all that will help. But they do help when it comes to natural disasters like the tornado outbreak Friday and into Saturday that affected people in Arkansas, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Alabama and Indiana that killed, as I’m writing this Saturday afternoon, at least 10 people and injured dozens more. Five of those people were killed in my home state, one in North Little Rock and four in Wynne.
I was extraordinarily lucky in that my street was spared. I saw no damage in a short walkabout Friday evening even though I had heard things flying around at one point as I hunkered in the bathroom, and I never lost power; the only issues I really have had is sleeplessness and the accompanying fatigue and a migraine from the barometric pressure changes and the stress of the day (and maybe a couple more pounds thanks to stress-eating). Other friends reported the same. But others weren’t so lucky, losing homes, livelihoods, beloved pets, and lives.
If you would, please send up positive thoughts and prayers for those affected. If you can, pitch in to help. And if you haven’t already, check in with friends and family to make sure they’re OK and so they know you’re OK too.
Serenity is a fuzzy belly 