My kids know how extremely lucky we are. Three days later, we're still incredulous as  we watch footage of the mass devastation from Hurricane Sandy in towns not far from here. Just a few block south we have many friends and neighbors still without power, evacuated from buildings, suffering major loss from the floods. While most of the stores are  beginning to resume their natural course of business, many are still functioning on skeleton hours with shoe string staff.  Even though we know we were spared, nothing seems … [Read more...]