Do you remember in a previous post I mentioned a fund raising effort by Judy Laquidara of the blog Patchwork Times to benefit the Joplin Red Cross. Thursday she delivered the checks sent in to the Joplin Red Cross Office that totaled $11,245 dollars – YES eleven thousand dollars!! Amazing response to her call to action!! To those of you who joined in the effort – Bravo!!
Speaking of Joplin - there is an amazing story from the Joplin Globe Newspaper of 2 Oklahoma Storm Chasers that followed the Joplin Tornado into the city… Desperate Moments will leave you with goose bumps on your arms and tears in your eyes. Take a minute to read through some of the other stories too… recently a family cat was found under the debris of their destroyed house 16 days after the tornado. Poor kitty must have heard it’s owner talking and meowed out for attention.
I am so glad that my quilty friends are all safe in MA following the tornado there last week. I’ve watched several of the videos posted at MassLive.com and have looked through the still photos of the tornado damage in all those different towns – scary stuff indeed. I asked my son how he knew there was a tornado in his area. He said the power had just gone out and the rain had started and he was closing windows in his apartment. It was “the lawn chair flying past his window that was the give away” for him… since he’s on the third (top) floor of his building.
Raise your hand if you are ready for a nice calm summer… that’s what I thought!
1 comment:
I just browsed through the photos of MA. WOW. I had not realized it was so bad. Mary has not said a whole lot about it. I called her right away and they were fine. Sure glad to hear your family is ok. I thought about them when I heard about the storm. Glad you are making progress with the knee. What a difference a moment can make in your life. In a lot of ways. Keep up the good work.
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