Love and grace out of tragedy

Last year's horrendous May 25 tornadoes dealt a huge blow to this little community which is about 30 miles west of where I live. Then just a couple of months ago the head coach of the football team, who had been a huge inspiration to many people during this tragedy and throughout his 36 years as the coach, was shot to death. But love and grace have triumphed.

Tornado aftermath pics

My wife just sent this link that she received from someone at work. There are several pics and a few YouTube videos from Parkersburg, Iowa, after the EF5-rated tornado (the strongest in Iowa in 32 years) that destroyed 1/3 of the town. I drove around the outskirts of a nearby town, New Hartford, yesterday and it looked like a war zone. I had never seen such a sight.