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[jianantonic]

I'm glad that people are so moved to help the Katrina victims - that's good. But. Our pastor reminded us that a Church of the Brethren task force is still in Florida rebuilding homes that were destroyed last year in the series of hurricanes that came through then. He said there are still 43,000 homes that need to be reconstructed. I can only imagine what that figure looks like for the tsunami area. That said, I am feeling particularly more charitable that usual, but I'm not jumping on the Katrina bandwagon. Maybe it's that part of me that gets turned off to hype, but I feel like I'm letting down the Heifer organization by sending what charity I would have sent to them to another place instead. I bet a lot of other charities lose money when there's one major event that catches everyone's attention. So, I will be giving blood in the next week or so, because that is something I can do for the Katrina victims that doesn't affect how much I donate elsewhere. But there are people suffering all over the world every day, and they deserve just as much love and assistance as the folks in the gulf. My brother's birthday is Wednesday, so I ordered a copy of The Secret Life Of Bees for him, and made a donation of a beehive to Heifer.org in his name. Thanks, I thought that was a good gift, too;) I think I'm going to do a donation in Lucy's name, too, as soon as I determine how much extra money I have at the moment.

So today is our first wedding anniversary. Jer was supposed to crawl into bed with me when he got home from work, but I foiled that plan by waking up at 6:30. I finally dragged myself upstairs around 7:15 after determining that I would not be able to get back to sleep. Jer was already home, which confused me, but then I saw why he hadn't come straight downstairs. There was a card on my computer desk. I read it, and it was so sweet it made me cry, so Jer and I were just hugging like I'd just gotten terrible news and he was comforting me, except really I was quite happy and he was trying to calm me down:) People always say the first year of marriage is the hardest. Does that mean it gets easier starting today? That'd be nice.

Since Jer is working a double today at the restaurant, Shelly and I are meeting there on her way back to PA. We'll get some Jer time that way, and I'm so excited to see Shelly! Donna may be with her, too...oh, the excitement! Then I'm going to try to take Ray out to dinner for the anniversary of being in our wedding, but he might be working tonight. Ray, if you see this before I call you, it's because you woke up earlier than I expected...but I'm not meeting Shells for lunch until around 3, so prepare yourself for a 9pm supper. :)

Peace.

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[harri-cady.livejournal.com]

Happy Anniversary!

[jianantonic.livejournal.com]

Thanks:)

[flamingophoenix.livejournal.com]

Happy anniversary!

I agree with you, and think that was a great birthday present. :-) We all need to be conscious of the world around us at all times, not just when tragedy strikes.