Free.

I look out across the water in front of me and see the reflections of light

They glitter across the the lake gracefully---shapeless orbs.

They illuminate the the surface like there is a city underwater---

I look up at the clear heavens above

They sky is dark and heavy, the stars---countless---

And the moon---so bright and bold---she is smiling at me

Tonight as I breathe in this cold frigid air

My lungs fill--a breath of vigor

I am thankful I am free.

And Tragedy Struck.

April 27, 2011-

Phone calls coming in to say, call your family check on them.  Calling and calling. Dead tone after dead tone. I flipped on the television, I watched it happen and there was nothing I could do. 

  

Homes destroyed, dreams shattered, lives lost.  Such a tragedy has been brought upon us.  I watch as friends, families, and beautiful people never met pick up the pieces of what was once their lives to start over again from heaps of scraps of what used to be home. I want to cradle the people effected by this and make them forget and think it was all a dream.  This horrible thing shows us that each day given to us is a beautiful gift and that we should embrace it much more often than we seem to. It shows us the true compassion of the human soul.  Coming together as one in such times of need.  People coming from miles away to head back to their hometowns to help- to bring water, food, two hands to clean with, and a heart full of compassion for those who need it more than anything. There is much more to be done and people will never be the same. People who have your life--be thankful and remember we are not promised our tomorrows.



Some photos from back home. 
I am just blessed my family and friends are okay.