That it is, Jonathan, that it is. A Mach 5 whirlwind of emotion after emotion that each one of these families and communities are in. Unimaginable, are the hours in their days.
So unimaginable. Our hearts are heavy for every one of these precious families, oh, those dear little ones.....for the shattered hearts of everyone their sweet spirits touched.
I loathe the beast of nature, it's such a heartless one.
Thanks for the reminder, Wendy, that the rains are often fickle and can suddenly turn from bringing a chorus of welcomes to sighs of despair and dirges of death.
Thank you for your response and your heart, Paul. Rain and any of Mother Nature's ways are so bittersweet, as is the course of our grief journeys. We see the tenderest, most pleasant moments and then, the utterly raging and raw. To get through the latter, we have to open the door to feeling the first. Yes, these precious families so need all of our hearts, our love, and our voices right now and always. What they went through should not be forgotten and their lives, always remembered.
Not enough words to convey my thoughts. I agree with what Carole said above. Writing poetry definitely helps to get our feelings out. Thank you Wendy for helping me with my grief (((hugs)))
All words seem so inadequate....how to put the pain on the page, and the rage, and corral all the range of emotions in words? I don't know that we can endure all of that all at once. Grief takes us on a detestable course. We can only take it as it comes. We have to feel all of it, to get through all of it; that is the most horrendous, Herculean journey. I know, you know. I know you know, I know. The losses we've had in this life have brought every one of us to this place in one way or another. Having been there, though, will never make any of it easier. In our understanding, there is a shared knowing of what these poor families are going through. Oh, how we wish....no one should have to feel that anguish.
Thank you, Marjorie, for walking with me in my grief as well. We hold each others hand and we hold each other up. May we keep doing that with everyone we encounter who is in the very midst of it. Biggest (((HUGS))) to you my friend.
I have felt profound sadness but also dismay and anger for what happened in Hunt and Kerrville. So sorry about your state and so many losses! The holiday weekend was just the “perfect storm,” with so many factors contributing to the flooding disaster. Rain, which should be welcomed, was deadly. There was poor emergency management (and failure of the State of Texas to give grants to cities to help them improve it). Then there’s the failure of our federal government, hobbling NOAA and NWS, thanks to DOGE. They saw this rain coming and put out warnings, but the message never got to the people, like it should have. People who had this responsibility were fired or had retired. Again, just cutting costs so the money can go for more bombs and arresting immigrants. Then there’s the problem of putting camps and whole cities in flood plains too close to the river and keeping them there for a hundred years or more with no good disaster plan on how to get out, if necessary, and also putting small children and campgrounds in areas that are in the floodplain. It seems there were no cell phones or not enough of them, no weather radios, at the time of the flood, in the middle of the night, or there was poor cell coverage, or nobody called anyone at the first sign of trouble. People in tents and campers had no chance, either. It’s not like this hasn’t happened many times on the Guadalupe River, and people have died before, according to newspaper articles that I’ve read which have chronicled these events. Governments should be protecting Texas citizens and visitors and, of course, children, and they all failed. The people who pitched in right away are absolute heroes and should have had immediate assistance from FEMA, but it took 3 days to get a disaster declared by our President, who was golfing and celebrating signing a bill that will make a lot of people even more miserable. Such a sad state of affairs. I’m so sorry, Wendy, but I am relieved you weren’t in the area that flooded. It just tears me up to think of how fun summer camp can be, and how so many little girls were washed away from that experience as well as their families and the rest of their lives. Prayers are good, but action to make sure this never happens again is vital!
100% with you on all of this, Carole! You hit every issue and every range of emotion that SO MANY have, and are, and will STILL be feeling for a long time. This isn't a first catastrophic event, but it is YET another that has taken SO MANY PRECIOUS LIVES! I don't know how we can scream loud enough for the idiots, yes, they are idiots, running Texas and this country to GET IT! I don't think they will, honestly.....because, I don't think they CARE ONE BIT! It hasn't happened to THEM and they only operate on $$$! We just lost 13 in San Antonio in a flash flood in June, and we can go beyond this to the horrific school shooting in Uvalde; if we are talking about mass loses and losing our most precious children....THEY DON'T CARE. They may say the necessary words for the cameras, but until it happens to them, personally, they will plug their ears to our demands. All of this is a gaping, gushing wound, and they have little to no intention of doing anything to heal it, other than covering THEIR asses. We have to rise up and vote these heathens OUT. WE MUST!
Too much loss, too many families forever devastated, and we can't keep going like this. We can't and we shouldn't have to.
The nearest town to the north of us (20 miles) and to the west of us (10 miles) were all being flooded yesterday morning, similar issues...STILL! The river 5 miles from us was raging last night; we went to look and check on our neighbors. Most homes along it have been built away from the floodplain or are on stilts, but after what happened in Kerr County and others, it's no guarantee when waterways are so close. Thankfully, no loss of life, but gee-whiz! When are we going to focus LESS on dollars and cents and on the things that bring a big bucks return?! When will PEOPLE be valued as the PRICELESS treasures we all are?! YES, we have to KEEP ACTING! We also cannot quit praying. God help us all!
Well, in the meantime, I’ll pray for you and all of Texas, and we’ll see if that does any good. Stay safe, and don’t go near any rivers! Don’t build anywhere near water, either.
It will. Eventually, love WILL win. We just have to convince those who seem to have little of it.
You can bet we will be staying away from water's edge and keeping our eyes on the skies...climate change is not an illusion! You stay safe where you are as well!💜
You’ve got a crabby Governor, to boot! He just thinks that reporters shouldn’t be asking about who and what’s to blame, but concentrate on “winning.” All I see at the moment is a devastating loss. I’d concentrate on that first and get working.
From tears to anger to solace to grief and back again.
That it is, Jonathan, that it is. A Mach 5 whirlwind of emotion after emotion that each one of these families and communities are in. Unimaginable, are the hours in their days.
The beast of rain for sure in this circumstance. I can't imagine the grief and desperation it has created.
So unimaginable. Our hearts are heavy for every one of these precious families, oh, those dear little ones.....for the shattered hearts of everyone their sweet spirits touched.
I loathe the beast of nature, it's such a heartless one.
So well put.
Thanks for the reminder, Wendy, that the rains are often fickle and can suddenly turn from bringing a chorus of welcomes to sighs of despair and dirges of death.
Our hearts are with Texans in these dark hours.
Thank you for your response and your heart, Paul. Rain and any of Mother Nature's ways are so bittersweet, as is the course of our grief journeys. We see the tenderest, most pleasant moments and then, the utterly raging and raw. To get through the latter, we have to open the door to feeling the first. Yes, these precious families so need all of our hearts, our love, and our voices right now and always. What they went through should not be forgotten and their lives, always remembered.
MUCH LOVE,
~Wendy💜
Not enough words to convey my thoughts. I agree with what Carole said above. Writing poetry definitely helps to get our feelings out. Thank you Wendy for helping me with my grief (((hugs)))
All words seem so inadequate....how to put the pain on the page, and the rage, and corral all the range of emotions in words? I don't know that we can endure all of that all at once. Grief takes us on a detestable course. We can only take it as it comes. We have to feel all of it, to get through all of it; that is the most horrendous, Herculean journey. I know, you know. I know you know, I know. The losses we've had in this life have brought every one of us to this place in one way or another. Having been there, though, will never make any of it easier. In our understanding, there is a shared knowing of what these poor families are going through. Oh, how we wish....no one should have to feel that anguish.
Thank you, Marjorie, for walking with me in my grief as well. We hold each others hand and we hold each other up. May we keep doing that with everyone we encounter who is in the very midst of it. Biggest (((HUGS))) to you my friend.
And, yes, I so agree with Carole, too. Every BIT!
MUCH LOVE, ~Wendy💜
💯🎯❤️🩹
I have felt profound sadness but also dismay and anger for what happened in Hunt and Kerrville. So sorry about your state and so many losses! The holiday weekend was just the “perfect storm,” with so many factors contributing to the flooding disaster. Rain, which should be welcomed, was deadly. There was poor emergency management (and failure of the State of Texas to give grants to cities to help them improve it). Then there’s the failure of our federal government, hobbling NOAA and NWS, thanks to DOGE. They saw this rain coming and put out warnings, but the message never got to the people, like it should have. People who had this responsibility were fired or had retired. Again, just cutting costs so the money can go for more bombs and arresting immigrants. Then there’s the problem of putting camps and whole cities in flood plains too close to the river and keeping them there for a hundred years or more with no good disaster plan on how to get out, if necessary, and also putting small children and campgrounds in areas that are in the floodplain. It seems there were no cell phones or not enough of them, no weather radios, at the time of the flood, in the middle of the night, or there was poor cell coverage, or nobody called anyone at the first sign of trouble. People in tents and campers had no chance, either. It’s not like this hasn’t happened many times on the Guadalupe River, and people have died before, according to newspaper articles that I’ve read which have chronicled these events. Governments should be protecting Texas citizens and visitors and, of course, children, and they all failed. The people who pitched in right away are absolute heroes and should have had immediate assistance from FEMA, but it took 3 days to get a disaster declared by our President, who was golfing and celebrating signing a bill that will make a lot of people even more miserable. Such a sad state of affairs. I’m so sorry, Wendy, but I am relieved you weren’t in the area that flooded. It just tears me up to think of how fun summer camp can be, and how so many little girls were washed away from that experience as well as their families and the rest of their lives. Prayers are good, but action to make sure this never happens again is vital!
100% with you on all of this, Carole! You hit every issue and every range of emotion that SO MANY have, and are, and will STILL be feeling for a long time. This isn't a first catastrophic event, but it is YET another that has taken SO MANY PRECIOUS LIVES! I don't know how we can scream loud enough for the idiots, yes, they are idiots, running Texas and this country to GET IT! I don't think they will, honestly.....because, I don't think they CARE ONE BIT! It hasn't happened to THEM and they only operate on $$$! We just lost 13 in San Antonio in a flash flood in June, and we can go beyond this to the horrific school shooting in Uvalde; if we are talking about mass loses and losing our most precious children....THEY DON'T CARE. They may say the necessary words for the cameras, but until it happens to them, personally, they will plug their ears to our demands. All of this is a gaping, gushing wound, and they have little to no intention of doing anything to heal it, other than covering THEIR asses. We have to rise up and vote these heathens OUT. WE MUST!
Too much loss, too many families forever devastated, and we can't keep going like this. We can't and we shouldn't have to.
The nearest town to the north of us (20 miles) and to the west of us (10 miles) were all being flooded yesterday morning, similar issues...STILL! The river 5 miles from us was raging last night; we went to look and check on our neighbors. Most homes along it have been built away from the floodplain or are on stilts, but after what happened in Kerr County and others, it's no guarantee when waterways are so close. Thankfully, no loss of life, but gee-whiz! When are we going to focus LESS on dollars and cents and on the things that bring a big bucks return?! When will PEOPLE be valued as the PRICELESS treasures we all are?! YES, we have to KEEP ACTING! We also cannot quit praying. God help us all!
HUGS and MUCH LOVE,
~Wendy💜
Well, in the meantime, I’ll pray for you and all of Texas, and we’ll see if that does any good. Stay safe, and don’t go near any rivers! Don’t build anywhere near water, either.
It will. Eventually, love WILL win. We just have to convince those who seem to have little of it.
You can bet we will be staying away from water's edge and keeping our eyes on the skies...climate change is not an illusion! You stay safe where you are as well!💜
You’ve got a crabby Governor, to boot! He just thinks that reporters shouldn’t be asking about who and what’s to blame, but concentrate on “winning.” All I see at the moment is a devastating loss. I’d concentrate on that first and get working.