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greater Southwest or right in our own backyards.
My heart is aching for the families and communities dealing with the devastating rains from Hurricane Harvey. The loss of life and property is beyond comprehension.
Watching the recent news coverage, I'm saddened by what I see but also inspired by the level of Good Samaritans - neighbors helping neighbors - rising up to help each other.
Watching the recent news coverage, I'm saddened by what I see but also inspired by the level of Good Samaritans - neighbors helping neighbors - rising up to help each other.
Another kind of devastation will be to the environment, landscape and beauty of the area. Only time will tell the full extent of the flooding. One news report said, "some parts of the state will, most likely, never be the same."
This hit me hard, as I've only seen a few areas of Texas. I've never been to Houston. Luckily, in 2014 Stéphane and I, and our good friends from France, completed an epic road trip traveling from southern Arizona all the way across to San Antonio, up to Austin and on to Santa Fe, NM.
Recent events have inspired me to get out and explore my state and the other great states, like Texas, as we never know what Mother Nature has in store.
For now, I'm sending love to Texas. It seems the spirit of its people may be bruised, but is not broken. Keep the faith, as this too shall pass.
Until we meet again,
Christie
Christie
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| Me and Stéphane, in 2014, at the Broken Spoke in Austin, TX |
