Perspective

So I was whining and complaining about my back and my sinuses, and then a huge gas line explodes in San Bruno near my church, home and lives are destroyed, and somehow sinuses and backs seem awfully trivial.

Our little church family has, our hearts tell us, lost 3 of our dear members. We still wait for "official confirmation", but it's been 4 days, all those taken to area hospitals have been identified, and they're still missing. Three generations of a wonderful family. They will be greatly missed and dearly remembered. If you are someone who prays, please keep the rest of the family - and all those who lost loved ones, homes, possessions, pets - in your hearts and prayers. Life will never be the same for them, or for us.

Now we begin to find our way to a new normal.