Sandy.

This is a nightmare.
     I live in central PA, so Sandy wasn't horrible here...but that also means that I am out of the news loop. So this morning I saw a few statuses, about one of my favorite places in the world. Seaside Heights. [yes the spot where 'Jersey Shore' was filmed], I have grown up going there. Every summer.
     My grandmother lives 20 minutes away, [inland and up hill-so she is fine (-) power] I have gone there every summer, and multiple times a year since I was born. There is not a summer I can remember when we did not go to Seaside, at least for the evening.
The beach and the boardwalk is what drew us in every year. I have sooo many memories of this beautiful [yet continuously growing dirtier] little mile wide island.
     This morning however, I saw the photos. I haven't stopped crying since I recognized a spot-of no specific significance, that is now debris and water. My heart is aching, just thinking about the damage. It is gone. And I don't mean underwater, I mean gone. The boardwalk has been torn away, and the rides have collapsed. The beach is underwater, and pieces of shops now float in the tide.
This place has such a huge place in my heart, that I'm not sure what to do now. All I can do is cry.
-M