This past weekend, I was invited to a cottage that my friends had rented for the week. It was a tiny place, two bedrooms, a "compost toilet", and a separate little house for the shower. We had wanted to go to the beach but the weather didn't really cooperate with us. In any case, we made the best of the weekend and had a good time, eating s'mores and watching movies.
My friend's husband broke two drinking glasses in one day. It was a little odd but we laughed it off, saying that at least this means we had averted a potentially bad situation or two.
We left Goderich around 11 in the morning on Sunday. At around 4 in the afternoon, a tornado tore through the town. I learned about the devastation from my friend when I returned home. The photos and videos that have been shown on the news is unbelievable. We had gone into town on Saturday and I recognized a lot of the buildings that were now ripped apart. There was a nice gazebo in the square next to the courthouse. I don't see it anymore in the photos. All of the lovely old trees were uprooted and thrown about on the streets. There was a photo of the building that housed the christian bookstore, and I had stood across the street from that store just 24 hours prior.
So...my thoughts go out to the people of Goderich. And in other news, rest in peace Jack Layton. It's been sad day.
"Give me everything tonight, for all we know, we might not get tomorrow"
