Anniversary, Just Not a Good One

"Do you know what the date is?," a client asked me today. "Sure, it's 6/7/11." "No, do you know what 'date' is? It's been three years since the flood." She works at the hospital and was involved with the clean up/rebuild effort. She has also been a client for many years and watched as we moved the business we ladies had built for ourselves under duress.
Well, that explained some things. Kim and I both agreed things had felt a little 'off' today for whatever reason.
It seems like more than a simple anniversary to me. Seemed a life changer, or at least the first link in a chain of events. Seems like a bit of a different life back then. I wasn't working as much, we didn't know Kobelco (factory my hubs worked at and loved, frankly) was closing, we didn't know Karla was coming into our world yet.... It's certainly not a bad life now, and getting better all the time, but I am glad life seems to be not rocking my boat so hard these days.
I know lots of things have changed for lots of people these last three years. For better and for worse.
So, today is the anniversary of the flood. The good news is that that makes tomorrow the anniversary of the day we as a community and individuals began cleaning up and showing what we're made of.