May 22, 2011 will forever be engraved in our memory. I will never forget how long it took to get a hold of family and friends that evening. I will never forget hugging my Grandparents when I arrived at their house 3 hours after I left mine ( which was a normal 15 min drive).
From the second the tornado lifted cleanup began, community came together, the Nation came together to help. Lives were forever being changed and molded in a whole new way. Then the news came. EXTREME HOME MAKE OVER WAS COMING TO TOWN.
Watching over 10,000 volunteers come together to help was amazing, I was like a kid in a candy store watching how everything came together so fast. 7 House in 7 days, Wow.
Tonight was a very special time to set back and watch the season finale of EMHE. To hear all the stories of how so many lives were changed, to see how businesses came together as ONE to help out. It was hard not to cry at times and it was easy to laugh at times.
What a great community Joplin is, Im proud to say that Im from Joplin. We as a community have overcome so much in the past 8 months, and so much more to come.
talk to you soon
Wade
tomorrow we will go more in depth about senior photography and Street team opportunities.
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