My issues are so small, except for this. My family. My friends who lived through the devastation are very important, and so their issues have become paramount for me. Please, help in any way you can, donating, sending prayer, sending positive and healing thoughts, whatever you can, please do it. And, not just for this most recent disaster, but for all of the conflicts happening all over our planet. Because we are all human, and eventually, what happens "far" away from us, affects us in one way or another.
Life lines are a part of healing and rebuilding. IWSG is a life line for a lot of us, keeps us in, even if it's only a toe in the water at times. I am grateful for this medium and all it offers to us. So, on to that part of this post.
Well, my favorite ghost story is Evangeline's Miracle, my first published novel, so guess I don't need to give the reason why! Please give it a shot if you like ghosts, from the past and present...
And, please go and thank our other amazing co-hosts this month for being there for us!
Kim Lajevardi http://kimlajevardi.com/
Diedre Knight https://pensivepenspost.
J Q Rose http://www.jqrose.com/
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| An Oregon Coast Sunset September 2024 |
I'm so glad your family and friends are safe after going through Helene. I'm so sorry for what they may be going through if their properties and communities were ones with lots of damage. I feel so bad for people having to go through these terrible natural disasters.
ReplyDeleteI will say prayers for your family. What I am reading in the news is appalling. You are right that everything comes back to us somehow. It's a scary time...
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry your family was hit by the flooding. It's terrible. Whole towns just wiped out. It is hard to fathom. Prayers everyone can get out soon.
ReplyDeleteGlad they are safe and I hope they can get food and water to them soon. I live on the other side of the state and wasn't affected, but I've followed the stories closely and it's just devastating. We gave to the Red Cross and our church is taking donations to help Western NC specifically.
ReplyDeleteWhen my son went to school in Florida he had the "good" fortune to be in the path of 4(!) hurricanes including Ivan. His roommates all went home but we couldn't get him out until afterwards. Unshaven, tired, staving (he's a guy!) he met us at the airport, went home with us and slept for half the day. Then ate everything but the veggies in our fridge. No disaster is insignificant if you're in the middle of it.
ReplyDeleteSending prayers for the safety and well-being of your family. Will check out your favorite ghost story, Evangeline's Miracle. My all-time favs are the chicken skin tales of marching spirits and ghostly appearances in Hawaii.
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I hope your friends and family continue to be well and get a restoration of some normalcy and safety soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your moving post about the personal impact of Helene. We are far from the east coast, but have family there as well, and keep watching the coverage, hoping that somehow everyday heroics will make a difference, now especially for all those affected.
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