Memorial
Remembering the lost and missing.
No loss is greater than that of human life. Hurricane Dorian claimed the lives of over 300 people. Seventy-four of them are dead. Over 200 of them are still classified as missing.
We remember the many souls lost in the wake of Hurricane Dorian in The Bahamas. We may never know each and every life lost, but we do know that each of them lived. They laughed. They loved. They were loved in return. We join their surviving family and friends in collective sorrow. We, your fellow countrywomen and men, pray that God grants you peace. We speak the names of those lost and missing and we are intentional in our remembrance of the many more whose names we do not yet know.
“So long as they speak your name, you shall never die.”
In Memorium
Special thanks to the Abaco Sun for its curation of those lost or missing in the Abacos.
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We are here to speak your names
because of the way you made for us.
Because of the prayers you prayed for us.
We are the ones you conjured up, hoping we
would have strength enough,
and discipline enough, and talent enough, and
nerve enough
to step into the light when it turned in our
direction, and just smile awhile.
We are the ones you hoped would make you
proud
because all of our hard work
makes all of yours part of something better, truer,
deeper.
Something that lights the way ahead like a lamp
unto our feet,
as steady as the unforgettable beat of our collective
heart.
We speak your names.
We speak your names.
– Pearl Cleage, “We Speak Your Names”
Photo by Lyndah Wells © 2019