Monday September 17, 2021
The site is closed to everyone without the red card. They opened the site to the construction companies. We aren’t in ‘rescue’ anymore where they expect to find anyone alive. We’re in ‘recovery’ now.
They think it will take months, maybe years to clean this up. They’re going to use DNA to find what’s left . . . I think we’re all slowly accepting the truth. Today was hard. Tomorrow will be just as hard, but carrying on is what makes us human. And what makes us children of God.
The capacity to hope and keep going in the face of total despair. To laugh at my failed attempts to grow a beard or how terrible I am at eating the ever present protein bars. Or wonder why a New York signature drink – the egg cream – contains neither eggs nor cream.