Katrina

Mother Nature - ya know she can be a real bitch!!! She showed us that this past week with Katrina. Now so many are without so much. If you can please donate to the Red Cross - or if you are so inclined the Houston Food Bank has an online grocery store where you can make a donation and with them for every $1 donated - they can purchase $25 worth of food and supplies, which I think is awesome. They will be working to help feed those that are now being put up in the Astrodome. You may find that your company is offering a matching program for your donation - an excellent way to go. While Mother Nature has had her way, we now how the opportunity to show our compassion for one another. Events like this bring out the best and worst in people. The looting is awful, not for those who are taking food, but for those who use this event to steal without thought or care (i.e. the ones stealing 10 pairs of shoes and televisions, etc. - hello you don't have electricity or a home for that matter what are you going to do with that TV?) - those taking to feed their family - you feel for them. Also don't forget those that can't speak for themselves - the animals. Many of them are without the families that once took care of them. I believe anything we do, whether donating, volunteering, or just praying or sending good thoughts helps. I know that there are many who want to help but just can't, and I believe that just a prayer or good thought is just as good when it is all you have to offer. The good in people is there and now is our time to shine, again. I wish peace and comfort to all.