Carol Rommel:  

“I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance Never settle for the path of least resistance” New photo out in deployed to California at the Pacific Ocean North working in disaster zones.. 3/2023 I decided to take out some time to write before the next hurricane season or disaster consumes my time…… I like to write in the moment to share real life experiences, not fluff, imagined perfect life scenarios, and exaggeration which normally happens on social networking. Parent experiencing a painful loss of a child 2019. This happened while I was deployed in the horrific Alabama tornadoes. Six tornadoes ripped through the state: Two EF1s in Washington County, an EF1 in Macon County, and EF2 and an EF1 in Barbour County and the storm in Lee County, which was given preliminary rating of EF4 ( 166-200 mph gusts). I was standing on a hill in the tornado disaster zone at 7:30 PM observing the devastating site where a complete family with 5 small children was wiped out and killed. I could see the baby crib and small toys all over the site. I had a feeling of such sadness come over me at that moment. It felt like overwhelming grief. The next day I found out my son had died at that time. God speaks in mysterious ways. Listen and you will hear. The parallel here is that all life is precious. Love your children. It’s not easy to get over my sons death (really painful days sometimes), but his father is with him now to sort out and rebuild the relationship they never had the many and last years of his life. A sliver of closure. The Griefshare program is helpful and purposeful. If you ever suffer from a loss, look this program up. It is offered at many local churches. Graduated from college 12/15/2018. Yes, a$$ backwards compared to my schoolmates, but inspiring to attend college with smart young minds and be educated in the current technology/science. Completed final paper on a library computer while working 17 hour days in Paradise, California Camp Fire disaster. This was extremely difficult to say the least. It was like a war zone with so much smoke, grief, and displacement of thousands of people. I never cried so much in my life with disaster ...Expand for more