It's just devastating........

Well you would all be aware by now of more devastation happening around Queensland. It is just shocking! 

I live in Toowoomba, where we were hit with what they are calling a 'mini inland Tsunami'.  We were hit and didn't even see it coming.

My family are all safe and sound thankfully but many, unfortunately, have lost their lives. 

Our house has been partly flooded and we have a mess to clean up but we have nothing to complain about when we see and hear of so many others in our community, affected on a much grander scale.

Sharryn Thomson has so kindly started a blog to assist community members who have lost so much.

Sharryn has organised this 'Memory Gift' blog for the flood victims," many of whom have lost everything. Many of them have lost their homes, their businesses and some...their loved ones. They have nothing but the clothes on their backs.
Even when the rain stops and the floods go away there will be the devastating carnage to face and I'd like to think that we, as crafters, can do something that might bring a smile back to their faces and let them know that as Australians we are here to support our own."

"I am asking that you scrap a page that will be appropriate to go into a memory album for a family so that all they need to do is add photos. Hopefully they will have friends and family who can supply them with photos as no doubt they will all be lost too.
If you aren't a scrapbooker, don't worry you won't miss out, you could make a card for a family or a small gift that could also be passed on. I'm sure anything you make will be greatly appreciated by the flood victims."

If you have any ideas or need to contact Sharryn, her email address is tisher_6@hotmail.com.

Please, please, please, help Sharryn out with this cause.  I am off to start doing up some pages for albums. 

You can stay updated with Sharryn's blog, here,

http://risingwatersqueensland.blogspot.com/2011/01/rising-waters-flood-appeal.html#comments

Till next time,

Sue