It just doesn't stop
The good news is that the memorial service went really well. Everyone was on their best behaviour and I got to reconnect with some family members I've longed missed. I didn't get to go up and say good bye to the mountain, but I hold out hope that can be done on another trip.
The bad news is that a tornado has levelled parts of Woodward, including the warehouse and offices for my mom's business (the place where it all started). So instead of flying back to Tulsa, she's off to Woodward to do damage control, quite literally. The upside is that with a few phone calls she's already located a temporary warehouse and rented a fork lift. Her three brothers are finding backhoes and dumpsters. Her business partner's wife is at the office pulling records for what inventory was supposed to be there. Sales Agents and brokers are making calls to customers and on hand to start going through the rubble. Her boyfriend is driving her car from Tulsa so that she can get home.
She's sending me home and I feel totally worthless, which I guess in the current circumstances I am. Part of me is glad she has such a huge network of people to draw on and help her get everything sorted out, but the other part wishes that she needed me.
So instead I'm sitting in the airport, looking at the mountains and feeling pretty worthless. But I walked away from that a long time ago and I guess I just wasn't prepared for this particular set of consequences.
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