I try not to post things that I hear or ready quickly because I like to gather my thoughts so I can share my feelings in a composed manner.  I am sure everyone knows about the Earthquake tragedy in Haiti.  I received an email from my uncle who has been to Haiti over 30 times for mission trips and works very closely with different groups there.  The email said that their are anywhere from 10,000 to 500,000 thousand people dead.  I don’t watch the news very often because of all of the fucked up shit happening, maybe I am just turning a blind eye but this is one of the worst natural disasters in history.  In tragedies like this, we often find ourselves feeling helpless and guilty that we cannot offer any help or that we do not know how to help.  I fight with these feelings but still find myself doing nothing.  This disaster brings all those same feelings of helplessness and guilt.  I’m not sure what to tell people to do other than pray.  If you can offere any monetary help to a good organization, please, please, please do.  If you are part of a group that can go down there and help, please do.  I am sure anything you can do, even if you help one person or give one dollar, is more than nothing.  The world will be watching for the next several weeks but people need to understand much like Katrina and the Tsunami, these places will NEVER be the same and help isn’t needed for just 2 weeks while the news stories run.  Your continued support and prayer is needed.  My heart goes out to Haiti, all the families, friends and people affected by this tragedy. 

I also wanted to send out my condolences to Teddy Pendergrass’ family and friends.  RIP Teddy P.