I haven’t been able to post here recently as my heart has been so heavy. Posting something about my everyday, mundane life seems so inconsequential when a great tragedy has struck.
Motherhood has changed me. I find it difficult to watch the news since having kids…especially news stories that involve children in pain or treated unfairly. Jodifur can attest to how quickly I burst into tears when she was telling me a little bit about her work.
So it’s been difficult to watch the news stories of Haiti’s earthquake the past week or so. The scenes of destruction cause me to cry out. I am hopeful as I read stories of amazing recoveries of people trapped for several days…but I know that there are many more who don’t make it.
I want to do something, but feel so helpless as I see the pictures and hear the stories. I gave money to the relief effort, but is that enough?
I, and I know many, many others, feel the same way. It is so heartbreaking to see the images and hear the stories, but what to do? Donating money is helpful, but it just feels insufficient when you see the suffering so many are experiencing. I have to stop watching the news sometimes because I just can’t take it anymore. I hate feeling so helpless.
We gave money too. A group from our church went to pack meals for Feed My Starving Children (http://www.fmsc.org) Is there something in your area like that? I can’t remember how many meals they packed in a matter of hours, but it was a lot! I’d like to do it someday, but schedules don’t permit.