aftermath

I spoke with my cousin at length on Monday evening. They are still dealing with the aftermath of Ike and will be for a while. She said there is trash everywhere, and so many of the beautiful trees in the area are either gone or ripped apart. She sounds depressed and down. She's been trying to take care of my grandmother, too, and now my grandmother has fallen and hurt her face pretty badly. It's just too much. It's too much for me, and I don't even have to deal with it all on a daily basis.

Hurricane Ike

We're just a few hours from seeing what Ike actually does to the coastal cities of Texas. I'm praying that the sensationalistic news reports are just that. I have a lot of family in the Galveston/Houston area and I'm somewhat concerned for their safety.