Thanks forcyour reflection and invitation, Sara. I think of the Stony Creek woods behind the house we owned in NE Noblesville. When we moved there in 1999 it was a wondrous place with constant calls of frogs in the springtime evenings and of bird songs during the day. Wildflowers were abundant on the north facing slopes of the woods. However, in the following decade developers built homes on both the north and south sides of the creek, removing many transitional shrubs and trees. Water runoff into the creek increased dramatically. By the time we moved to Indy in 2015, the woods were a shadow of what they had been. The frogs and birds were nearly silent in spring. Those who love God’s creation experience a constant low grade fever of grief. I still look for beauty and for God in what remains in this beautiful and broken world.
I'm heartbroken over what this storm has done to people and their home. We traveled there this spring, down the Blue Ridge Parkway to the Great Smokies. Even before I weathered Superstorm Sandy, I was tired of people who say "why didn't you leave?" Where would they go, RIGHT NOW, if someone told them to evacuate? Most of my family is within 2 hours, hardly out of range of a small hurricane, much less a monster like Helene.
Thanks forcyour reflection and invitation, Sara. I think of the Stony Creek woods behind the house we owned in NE Noblesville. When we moved there in 1999 it was a wondrous place with constant calls of frogs in the springtime evenings and of bird songs during the day. Wildflowers were abundant on the north facing slopes of the woods. However, in the following decade developers built homes on both the north and south sides of the creek, removing many transitional shrubs and trees. Water runoff into the creek increased dramatically. By the time we moved to Indy in 2015, the woods were a shadow of what they had been. The frogs and birds were nearly silent in spring. Those who love God’s creation experience a constant low grade fever of grief. I still look for beauty and for God in what remains in this beautiful and broken world.
This!!! If we could all truly love our little places what could we create.....
I'm heartbroken over what this storm has done to people and their home. We traveled there this spring, down the Blue Ridge Parkway to the Great Smokies. Even before I weathered Superstorm Sandy, I was tired of people who say "why didn't you leave?" Where would they go, RIGHT NOW, if someone told them to evacuate? Most of my family is within 2 hours, hardly out of range of a small hurricane, much less a monster like Helene.