May has been a tough month. I’m an 8th gen­er­a­tion Ten­nessean and a for­mer Nashvil­lian, and watch­ing what the floods have done to my beau­ti­ful state breaks my heart.

Mys­tery writer J.T. Elli­son lives in Nashville and writes mov­ingly about what it was like to have her world sud­denly sub­merged. Read this piece and find a flood-relief char­ity to sup­port. Elli­son includes this link to a list of char­i­ties at the end. The video shows just what folks are deal­ing with.

Those who have lost every­thing are too many too count. Recov­ery is going to take a long time. My strong, brave, good peo­ple are equal to the task, but they need your help.