That Sound You Hear

is my heart breaking. For the victims of the tsunami and their families. The missing ones, the ones already proclaimed dead, the ones that may still be alive but may never be rescued. The ones whose homes, businesses, and lives are destroyed. The ones who's direct families may not have been affected but who's friends and loved ones have lost, the ones who are there amidst all the suffering and the pain, along with their own.

I know it's been a while, but I'm sure the shock is just beginning to wear off and the real pain is starting to set in. The pain of starting over, the pain of starting without, the heartache of losing those nearest to you. I know many of you in your own way have helped out. If you're not able to help out, just know that every time you say a prayer someone somewhere can feel it, in finding a memory they can hold onto, in finding comfort in whatever small way they can, they will know someone somewhere is thinking of them.

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