Family-centric

This has been a busy week for management of family (and friends that might as well be). Hurricane Ike did quite a number on Houston and Galveston (this is a very good photo gallery, if you haven’t seen pictures), and everyone I know down there has had some sort of property damage, and almost all have been without power and water.

Those who do have power and/or water still can’t get gasoline — lines at the stations are at a 2-hour wait now — so they are fairly house-bound. Those who do have gasoline can’t get bread or milk or fresh vegetables, as the shops are all out. Lots of hunkering down and making do going on down there right now. Those are all small problems to have compared to losing life, so I’ll take Ike over Katrina or Allison or even Alicia, any day!

Some of my people came up to Dallas, so having the time to help them out (actually being here in town!) has been a blessing. And there have been all manner of school meetings and activities as well… events I ordinarily would have missed at this time of year. Somehow, it just worked out that I’m right where I need to be.