It has been 24 days since the house flooded and it is easy to feel removed from what is happening in the neighborhoods that suffered damage from Harvey. If you are in an area that wasn't flooded or in another city (like us), things are uninterrupted. But for those that were flooded, Harvey damage is in full effect. In our neighborhood the city / county has begun removing the debris piled in front yards - we still have a huge pile, but I am hopeful that it may be gone by the end of the week. While it seems like a small victory, I hope that the folks that live in the neighborhood feel hopeful when driving through sans looking at mini-mountains of trash. Plus, those piles smell terrible!
Last night I was thinking about all of the families around our house that are displaced. Where are they staying? With family? friends? shelters? hotels? 24 days since they have been able to stay at home; how many of them have no idea when they will be able to return? To say this has been eating away at me is an understatement. What if my family were displaced? Dave, Paige, Peyton, Presley, Molly (dog), and me - staying with family, friends, in a shelter, a hotel, an apartment...... My kids (like most kids) need routines and structures and normalcy. How would the girls cope? act out? feel? To help myself try and process some of this I started reading 7: An Expiremental Mutiny Against Excess, by Jen Hatmaker. Let me preface by saying I love Jen Hatmaker; pretty sure we are best friends that have never met. If you are unfamiliar with her writing she is conversational, funny, real. 7 is her journey over seven months, each month she rails against an excess in her life: clothes, food, possessions - I am currently on chapter / month 4: Social Media. I am still struggling, but I am also processing. What is my call to action?
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