Tornado at Union University

It is an odd sensation to look at death in the face and still laugh. I huddled in the bathtub with my two friends and we felt the wind and earth beat against our bodies. It had been violent wind and suddenly a dead silence and darkness. Glass breaking. Doors flying across the room. Emily cried, "Get down! Get your head down!" And then it was over. I sat up and flipped open my cell phone. I had service.
My roommate pulled out a pack of gum, "Want some?"
"Sure. Where did you get it?"
"I was thinking earlier that if there was a tornado the one thing I would want is gum." We sat in the tub. I thought of the little ditty about the men in a tub. We heard voices so we climbed out and peered at the destruction that faced us. It's hard to believe that we survived this kind of disaster without a scratch. I live in Jelks. One of the buildings that is probably condemned. The end of the building collapsed. Today when I looked at it in the daylight I thought, "God is good." And this is the truth. I may have lost everything. The only thing I have is my cellphone and the clothes on my back. I am homeless. I am a person depending on the goodwill of others. This is a learning experience. I will now have to start from scratch. I have nothing. I now understand what it means to lose everything. Not many can say this. Not many can say that they faced death and laughed. Because that is what I did. I laughed. I am not sure why. Maybe it was how I deal with stress. Or maybe I am truly unafraid of death. I have always claimed that God had given me that gift and now I know for sure.