Back To "Normal"

It was suggested recently that I update "goings on" here, and it has indeed been about two weeks since our "upheaval." Time has flown by while attempting to put everything in focus and concentrate on finding places to shop, reorganize and carry on the routines of life. Banks and ATMs, which many of us depend on, are getting slowly back to operation. Stores are opening again - many after extensive vandalizing.Some seem abandoned.

Reminders are constant as one moves around the city. Burned out buildings, smashed windows and boarded up fronts cast a pall on spirits and hark back to "those days." Strife, danger, tragedy, unwarranted destruction, sorrow, fear, uncertainty and death are all still there to experience no matter where you venture, it seems. As with much in life, nothing will ever be quite the same.

Beneath the remaining undercurrents is hope, though, and many I talk to sense this. Another, more just society is desperately hoped and prayed for. Only time will tell. For all who wished us well and cared to send their messages of hope - we are very grateful. Thank you!