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This could be me just being over dramatic - and probably is - but it feels like somehow the world has shifted over the past couple of days. First the tornado on Thursday. We drove around downtown today to see the damage, and it was unreal. And this was three days after it hit. I've never quite seen destruction like that, except for when I lived in D.C. and drove past the Pentagon after September 11. I keep waiting for the next tornado to hit; we've had bad weather this weekend, and it feels like it could happen again at any time. Not since living in D.C. after 9/11 have I felt so unsure about the place I live.
While we were driving downtown, my sister called to tell me she's engaged. Of course I'm thrilled, and her fiance is a nice, good guy, but I still think of my sister as seven-years-old, certainly not old enough to get married. And, of course, my brother and his wife had a baby on Thursday, which I didn't find out about until Saturday night because of Passover. It just feels like in the smallest amount of time, everything has changed.
While we were driving downtown, my sister called to tell me she's engaged. Of course I'm thrilled, and her fiance is a nice, good guy, but I still think of my sister as seven-years-old, certainly not old enough to get married. And, of course, my brother and his wife had a baby on Thursday, which I didn't find out about until Saturday night because of Passover. It just feels like in the smallest amount of time, everything has changed.