Oh.......In times like these (the stormy seasons).....I imagine us to be a tiny speck in the scheme of things. I picture Mother Nature "cleaning house" so to speak. Replenishing the damage of the past year....if you will. Her force is such, that in her wake it seems the damage is greater than the clean sweep.

I don't mean to suggest that anyone killed or harmed by these forces are done so with purpose. I hope this doesn't sound as harsh as I think it might sound, but I have this mental picture of the forces at work here.....and this is just me.....so please forgive me if it sounds like I am lessening the big picture.

At times, when I sweep my kitchen floor I (accidently) sweep up a ladybug or a spider and it struggles to get away or dies from the force of my broom. I never kill bugs in my house....but instead try and catch them and free them outside by putting the more scary ones under glass with paper slid underneath (with the exception of hornets and wasps and flies.....dirty, scary critters). If one happens to die from my cleaning efforts I feel awful. This scenario seems to spill over to the bigger picture for me whenever I hear of storms and their damage. Such force and agony felt by people who are in direct line with these storms makes me remember just exactly how very small and defensless we are against the forces of nature and things that are "bigger" than us!

My heart goes out to all those in direct line of fire and my thoughts are always with my friends and loved ones when I know it's headed towards them! Be safe everyone......heed the warnings! *hugs*

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~Thomas Dewar~