Better Homes and Gardens

and Me!

My Christmas mantel is included in a slide show over on the

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The situation in Japan is beyond comprehension.
I lived through a tornado once.
My Grandmother's house which is where we were at the time, lost it's entire roof.
All the house's windows burst out while we huddled in the bathroom.
Our own house lost the garage and part of the roof but several neighbors on my street
lost their entire houses. Many people lost their homes that day in my hometown.
It was terrible but all our loved ones were safe.
We did without electricity and clean water for weeks.
There were months of clean up and reconstruction.
The building I went to junior high in was condemned and we had to have classes the
rest of the year (November through May) in local churches and then in a barn.
(us kids thought that was pretty great)
So I know what it's like to live through a natural disaster but all my family was alive
and we did not have to worry about a nuclear disaster following on the heels of the natural disaster.
My thoughts are with those in Japan who have lost so much (home and family)
and are unsure of what is their future.