When I got to the office today, I couldn’t start working. A big bowl of creamy mac and cheese like this one -which I devoured standing barefoot in my kitchen in the middle of the night. So I did what any emotionally distraught person would do, I ate a big bowl of comfort food at 3am. Of course, I couldn’t go back to sleep with a heavy heart, swollen eyes and a very stuffy nose. I cried for those who wouldn’t hold their children again, those who are searching among the rubble in hopes of finding their loved ones, and mostly I cried for the pain the children who are injured and alone are suffering – they must be terrified, I thought. In the rocking chair, all I could do is cry. When I woke up at 1am and 2:30am, I stumbled into Baby G’s room to rock him back to sleep. The kind of love people seek in their lifetime and would freely die for. Before becoming a parent, I didn’t know first hand what loving someone else outside of yourself was like – as in the unconditional deep love I have for my children. The country wondered why people lived in a place that flooded two stories high, why people came back to re-build, and how they seemed to be un-affected and let life go on. Life does go on, but that doesn’t mean that things like this leave us unmarked.īecoming a parent has changed me in ways I never thought possible. People were working, living their daily lives, children were at school… and then it happens.Īfter hurricane Katrina, many of my friends in California and New York asked why I lived in New Orleans.
With hurricanes, we have time to prepare, evacuate with our families or make preparations to stay. We’ve lived through a few major hurricanes…but this is different. Living outside of New Orleans since 2000 has shown me some of what nature can do. My mind couldn’t grasp the reality of how destructive nature can be -especially tornadoes. Before going to sleep, I prayed feverishly for those who were affected, their families and people who are out there helping find survivors in the rubble. They were probably praying for their children too, many of which were still at school scared for their lives. Meanwhile, thousands of people were hiding in their basements, closets and tubs praying to God to have mercy and save their lives. I left the office mid afternoon and picked them all up for a little after school treat.
Yesterday, while a massive tornado was happening thousands of miles away from us, I was at the pool with my kids.
All I can do is pray for those affected by the tornado in Oklahoma and eat a big bowl of my better-than-boxed homemade mac and cheese. All this thanks to a 2mile wide tornado that ripped through a town in Oklahoma yesterday.Īll I want is comfort food a peaceful heart and mind today. However, my heart is aching, my mind is blurry, and my spirit is quite deflated. I wasn’t planning on writing a post today -at all.
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