Her blog post "Jersey Strong" had me in tears. I know only some of what it's like to see my community ravaged by a hurricane. You feel like a refugee in your own country, and it's easy in weak moments to feel forgotten. Every waking moment goes by so slowly. But what Amie is going through in the wake of Hurricane Sandy is much worse. The images she is posting remind me of the devastation caused by monster hurricane Katrina, and Andrew before that. Andrew landed just south of where I was living at the time in Hollywood, FL and the destructive force I witnessed still haunts me.
Here's a photo from 2007 of Amie and me crocheting at 2 am in the Crochet Lounge, which was sponsored by the Tahki Stacy Charles yarn company during the Chain Link conference in Manchester, NH:
Here's a photo from 2007 of Amie and me crocheting at 2 am in the Crochet Lounge, which was sponsored by the Tahki Stacy Charles yarn company during the Chain Link conference in Manchester, NH:
Thank you for the link. I can't even imagine what it must be like to try and pick up the pieces after something like this.
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ReplyDeleteHere's a video my son recently put together from a trip to the barrier islands in New York to help bring supplies from our church in Maryland to hurricane victims: https://www.facebook.com/CovLifeChurch.MD/posts/291611344292819
Like you, I remember walking through Homestead, FL to visit my cousin who lost everything after Hurricane Andrew. My son Caleb described what he filmed as a war zone in New York right now. Thanks for not forgetting these folks.
Sincerely,
Bonnie Barker
Bonnie Bay Crochet
Thank you for the link, Bonnie.
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