WichitaFalls
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:therethere: I know Lyra. While I've been so hyper focused on what's going on right here in Dallas, it's good to stop and remember there have been thousands and thousands of sweet people that are grieving, families torn apart etc. My prayers and hopes go out to each and every one. So many have and are living through hell on earth.
Well I have just watched a short film on BBC Newsnight showing interviews with families in WA affected by Ebola. It made me cry.
Children who have been orphaned, a woman who lost her husband, sister and brother in law. She is now alone with no income and seven children to try and care for (her own plus her sister's).
A woman who said she had lost her husband, all her worldly goods had been burned. They took her husband away in a body bag - she wanted to take a picture so she at least had that to show their children, but for some reason she was not allowed. So they took him away and that was it. She went home and cried in her empty house.
A woman who had lost her husband and was now completely ostracised, so no friends to help her through her bereavement.
Terrible.