Thoughts and Prayers

Having spend the first 19 years of my live as a Minnesotan living in the Twin Cites, I felt the shot to the gut that everyone else there must of felt after seeing what happened to the 35W bridge.  Even though its been well over a decade since calling Minnesota home, I was still shocked after my brother who lives in St. Paul called me last night and I turned on the national coverage.

Fortunately, all of my family is safe and I hope if your reading this with family in the area, yours are too.  To the city, I wish you a speedy recovery.  I’m proud to say I hail from a city that has so many everyday Joe’s and Jane’s who stepped up to help everyone affected by this disaster.  Listening to coverage on the national networks, it is evident in the voices of all the anchors at the surprise that everyday folks would stop and help another person out if they were in peril (I’m also shocked at just how sensational Fox News is, but that is for another post in another time).