beyond words

(photo credit: NOAA via Wikipedia)

As we celebrated Christmas with our family and friends, we paused in horror each time we saw a news report or headline. Too terrible to imagine. September eleventh pales in comparison, and this time there's no "Axis of Evil" to blame it on. Really puts the idea of tragedy into perspective. Blame is pointless. The best place to put all of that anger and helplessness that we're feeling is into the relief effort. That's all that matters now.

We sat around the breakfast table Tuesday morning and all decided to send some of our Christmas money to the victims of the tsunamis. So I invite you, if you had a wonderful holiday, to do the same. The photo above will take you to the Wikipedia page that has lots and lots of links to agencies where you can donate. But I'll post a couple more here:

The American Red Cross - Amazon.com has a 1-click page set up for donating directly to the tsunami relief effort. As of this writing, they've collected 5.5 million USD.

The World Food Programme - An international organization, focusing on the food shortage. This is where we donated.

As a holiday, Christmas tends to remind me how much we are all connected. How much we depend on each other. How, when it comes right down to it, we're all the same little specks on this big planet.

Let's not forget how lucky we are right now.

Posted: Thu - December 30, 2004 at 01:50 PM

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