In about 90 minutes I will be returning to a building that I have not been in for exactly one year. Today is the first anniversary of the Tornado and there will be a memorial service in the Community Building where last year I was working the Primary Election when the firefighters came in and told us to get to shelter. We have just spent the last nine days without electricity in freezing weather.

I cannot believe that it has been only a year, or that the first year is over. I don't know what will be said or done tonight. I am going, but ready to leave at any time if I get too upset. Recently I looked at some photos from the first 24 hours and it was very, very hard. At least with this year's disaster we got to keep our house. :)

Time to leave soon, and I am nervous, I just want it over, I am afraid that some of the neighbors are going to get very emotional. I don't know if the families of those killed have been all notified, I don't know how I would feel in their place. Mine is hard enough.