It tears my heart out. My daughter and her husband live outside of Edmond. The tornado that touched down on Sunday came within a half-mile of their house. Both she and her husband were hunkered in the storm shelter, and thankfully, no harm came to them. I Talked to her this afternoon, and she said it is very sad. She works in OK City and she said that one of her co-workers lives in the Moore community and lost everything.
I spent last week in Tuscaloosa, AL with Samaritan's Purse, hanging vinyl siding on a house that was destroyed in the tornado that swept through Tuscaloosa and Birmingham 2 years ago. The stories we heard from the home owner of the house we worked on and others that we met, stories of incredible destruction, and stories of heartwarming compassion and coming together as a community, made me stop and realize what really is important.
The current events in Oklahoma is a sobering reminder as to how fragile life really is. As one of my friends that worked on the house with me said, "we're not only re-building a house, we are re-building our lives together." Community is so important to all of us. My prayers are out for our friends in Moore, OK.
Forgive my rambling.
