Tsunami

Right now I should be writing my Lord of the Flies essay, but instead I decided to start the new book for my blog. It's named Sea by Heidi R. Kling. I'm finding it quite a sad book so far. The main character, Sienna Jones, lost her mother three years ago in a plane crash into the Indian Ocean on the way back from a missions trip. Her parents and godfather went around the world after natural disasters and worked with the kids who have PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Her father took up a clinic in California after Sienna's mom died and had not been on any mission trips, until now.

Sienna has PTSD from her mother's death so her father thought that working with orphans from a tsunami in Indonesia would not only help the children, but also Sienna. She is extremely reluctant to go because of her fear of flying but ends up coming along anyways. There is a tiny girl named Elli that she is really bonding with. She does art therapy (an occupation I have been considering for myself) with the girls and goes to the older girl group therapy sessions.

It is absolutely heartbreaking to hear all the stories that these girls tell. One girl was running with her seven year old sister away from the tsunami and when the little sister couldn't run anymore the older picked her up and carried her. The older sister tripped and dropped the younger. There were tons of people running and she couldn't reach her little sister to save her. The water washed her away. The older sister had to climb a tree and watch the water take her village and loved ones.