Another Month, Another Challenge!

Looking back on our ‘rant’ in the last issue (stress isn’t good for your health) we’re now trying to be ‘a little less angry, a little less broken’ – it is really hard to be optimistic when 12 plus weeks later you (and neighbours) stare blankly at your broken, damp, empty homes being ripped apart by total strangers
Sharing your stories ‘how you doing’, for those working it’s a job, for you it’s still home!! You, the readers who were not flooded are thinking “that’s what you get insurance for, to get those things done” – believe us, making that telephone call, then ‘eventually’ (the process can be slow) watching your contents and some personal items being thrown in a skip crushes you, it can, if you let it, be as traumatic as watching helplessly whilst your home floods!
Step into the shoes of those who suffered flood damage, just for a minute, glance over to your fireplace and those irreplaceable family photographs in those beautiful frames, that favourite pair of shoes, oh and what about that expensive new iPhone by your side, ‘but on or near the floor’, they could all be lost in minutes!!
Those of all ages who’s lives and homes have experienced the trauma of flooding need help from ‘you’ the readers, Syston needs to be heard, demand better from our MP, from all our council authorities and the Environment Agency, and demand it now!  
Please be kind to those you meet, because for some, behind the forced smile hides weeks of pain…. ‘their eyes may often water, but their tears, for now, just can’t be allowed to flow’!
M & K