Blogging for Alabama

Happy Friday, Y'all!

A fellow blogger, Mrs. Jones has asked others to join her and write a 400 word post to benefit Alabama Disaster Relief. I was more than willing to do anything to benefit the Alabama Disaster Relief and help others.

On a Wednesday afternoon in late April, Tuscaloosa, Alabama and several other southern cities, including my own, experienced a tragedy--devastating tornadoes swept through the south taking lives, and destroying buildings, homes, and injuring more than 2,000 people in the tornado aftermath.

The April 27 outbreak of 62 tornadoes that swept across the state in waves, caused more than $1 billion in damage, and destroyed or damaged nearly 24,000 homes.


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 One of the first things that went through my mind, post the Tuscaloosa tornadoes, was what the students of University of Alabama must have been going through. I too was a college student living off campus, and I couldn't imagine being off at school, away from my family, sitting in a off-campus house studying or just hanging out with roommates on a midweek afternoon, and then all of a sudden everything changes--lives are taken, homes destroyed, and neighborhoods no longer exist.



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I am not an Alabama resident, but my husband, was born and raised in Birmingham, AL and attended Auburn University, and his entire family calls AL home. He exemplifies what it means to have state {okay maybe school} pride. In my eyes, the state as an entirety has a large amount of state pride. However, I'm sure most of it comes from the pride and rivalry between the two schools. The day the tornadoes occured in Tuscaloosa there was no such thing, and when before attending a game in Tuscaloosa was difficult to do, he was eager to go to Tuscaloosa or help disaster relief in any way {unfortunately, he couldn't make the trip--but we continued praying for the entire town and those going to serve}. It was amazing to see the state come together in time of disaster, exemplifying selflessness and helping those in need, in addition, to cleaning up the widespread damage--whether you wore crimson or orange and blue. Sometimes, I question why it takes a tragedy for people to come together like this to serve and create a sense of a community. Needless to say, it happens--and people help!



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Thankfully, none of our family or friends were effected {ptl}, yet, our hearts still broke for the state of AL and the rest of the south-- we even at moments on that day, broke down in tears and shouted out our prayers for those effected. It's hard to believe ten months have passed since the disaster, yet there is still so much to do.

You too can help, by writing a 400 word post on your thoughts of the Alabama tornado disaster, link-up on both Mrs. Jones' blog, and on the Top Alarm System website. Top Alarm System will donate $25 for each post, to Christian Service Mission to help rebuild Alabama.

Thank you for the support!

LOL,

Meagan

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