| My daughter and my future son-in-law were around at my house for Boxing Day when we first heard the news. Thoughts instantly turned to his sister who was on her honeymoon in the Maldives. We had an almost unbearably tense few days of silence until we learned that she, and her new husband, were OK.
She is now back in the country and even though the Maldives seemed to be less affected than Sri Lanka, India or the desperate plight suffered by Thailand and Idonesia she has also been very lucky to survive and has witnessed stuff that no-one should have to bear.
I don't think that the world will ever be able to cope with this sort of tragedy, certainly no individual can begin to comprehend the enormity of it all. |