A great way to form the virtually unimaginable into words. I can’t help but think that mere weeks ago I was attending a small, fabulous and warm dinner party with my still new girlfriend, and we had our first picture together taken against a beautiful and priceless backdrop of physical embodiments of a lifetime of memories. I’m still struggling to accept that that backdrop is now just a charred, scarred patch of land, overlooking a still beautiful ocean, indifferent to it all …
It is very hard to imagine, isn't it? And yet it happened. It reminds us how very small and helpless we are in the scheme of things, but the reminder is pretty wrenching.
A great way to form the virtually unimaginable into words. I can’t help but think that mere weeks ago I was attending a small, fabulous and warm dinner party with my still new girlfriend, and we had our first picture together taken against a beautiful and priceless backdrop of physical embodiments of a lifetime of memories. I’m still struggling to accept that that backdrop is now just a charred, scarred patch of land, overlooking a still beautiful ocean, indifferent to it all …
It is very hard to imagine, isn't it? And yet it happened. It reminds us how very small and helpless we are in the scheme of things, but the reminder is pretty wrenching.
Beyond comprehension, and so achingly sad for everyone affected.
It is an aching sadness, grief on an enormous scale
A magnificent read, JD.
awww thanks!
We’ve been thinking of you this week Joe. It’s good to know you are all safe, but such a painful loss.
oh thanks Penny-- it's very sad