joene's garden » Haiti earthquake http://www.joenesgarden.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:52:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Reflections supplant garden ruminations http://www.joenesgarden.com/2010/01/reflections-supplant-garden-ruminations/ http://www.joenesgarden.com/2010/01/reflections-supplant-garden-ruminations/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:04:10 +0000 joenesgarden http://www.joenesgarden.com/2010/01/reflections-supplant-garden-ruminations/ When faced with human tragedy that is so harsh and so severe as that currently happening in Haiti, any thoughts on soils, weather, deer, or seeds are swiftly relegated to the shallow and immaterial shelf. This morning, I pause to try to digest the heartrending events that have happened to and will continue to plague the residents of our island neighbor to the South.

Television images portray overwhelming destruction, yet I have my home.

The rubble has caused massive injuries, yet I have my health.

Haitians have lost an unfathomable number of loved ones, yet my family is safe.

The earthquake survivors need water and food, while my ability to drink and seek sustenance is just a room away.

Port au Prince faces civil turmoil and grievous human need, while my biggest current obstacle is what to write in my next blog.

I have no answers, I have no remedies … yet I have the means to donate. 

Americares:  http://www.americares.org/

Doctors Without Borders: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

Other Haiti donation links from NBCConnecticut: http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/Help-Haiti-Victims-81337767.html

My own life-tragedies seem inconsequential in light of the desolation caused by the earthquake in Haiti.

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