Devestation

I really don't have anything fluid or intellectual to write, more than my mind is just all-consumed by the horrible tragedies that occurred last night only 45 minutes away from our home in Joplin. Tornadoes and rotation were everywhere in our area last night. One hit 6 miles from my parent's house and the monster one in Joplin has already claimed 89 lives.

Our town was in and out of danger until about 1:00 when they gave everyone the clear to "get some rest".

Then we woke up this morning to see the Joplin devastation and realize it was worse than we had imagined.

My heart is heavy. The images are surreal. And I know with all the warnings and rotations we were directly under last night, it could have just as easily been us.

This is where I love social media. There are currently multitudes of things been quickly organized through it's use. There's no way anyone can turn away not knowing how they could have helped.

I plan on joining some fellow therapists in the upcoming days on a crisis team headed up there to help debrief and provide crisis intervention (along with whatever needs arise).

Pray for these people. I know tornadoes and inclement weather are a part of where we live, but this season seems especially bad this year.