Hurricane Sandy and Sunset

This photograph was taken while on an evening walk with my friend tonight.  Beautiful sunsets are a frequent occurrence when you live at the edge of the Pacific.  Each and every one of them still take my breath away.  Tonight’s sunset was no different except for the fact that while I was enjoying such a calm, peaceful, and beautiful sight, I knew that just on the other side of the country, millions of people were enduring the devastation and destruction brought on by Sandy.  As I grabbed my phone to take this photo, there was a text on the screen that read – Mom, my power just went out.  At that moment, as I was taking the photo, my daughter was hunkered down in her Manhattan apartment waiting out the storm.  She will be fine – many others will not.  My heart and prayers go out to everyone suffering the aftermath of this devastating storm.