Mother's Day and Mother Nature

Mother Nature has a lousy sense of timing.

Here it is Mother’s Day – a day for celebration – yet mothers in the Midwest are mourning the deaths of children, children are mourning the deaths of mothers and we’re all stunned again by the devastating results of Mother Nature’s powerful wrath.

Tornadoes ripped through the region last night. The media reports at least 14 people were killed in southwest Missouri and others died in Oklahoma before the storms moved east killing at least one person in Georgia. The death toll stands at 22 and I won’t be surprised if it increases.

I’m grateful my family was spared and my heart aches for those whose families will never view Mother’s Day as a day for celebration again.