Helping Haiti

My heart hurts for the people who were caused such pain and suffering by the earthquake. If I could go there today, I would jump on a plane and leave all behind. I am not an outdoor person, I don't like to sleep in tents or eat crap food, but for these people I would do so. It doesn't make me any sort of saint, but my point is, I would rather go and help than donate money. I am a skeptic when it comes to where my $10 will end up. I would love to believe that if I text Haiti to #90999 that it is not a scam and that my $10 would go to great use, but I don't believe it. AND I LOVE TO TEXT!!!!!

Just in case you haven't caught on yet, I am a news JUNKIE, I love when a news story breaks, and I will watch CNN repeat the SAME FLIPPING story time and time again. When the tsunami occured, it was 2004, and I was in labor with Jackson. I missed the entire tsunami, news people kept talking about the tsunmai, and I had been too busy watching Young and the Restless (Seriously, the only thing I remember watching because there was drama with Colleen and JT, and I always liked them!) to know what was going on. I think it was the New Year before I even asked someone what the heck the tsunami was! Anyway, I felt like I had missed a real opportunity to help. With Hurricane Katrina, they had a million and one drives in Texas to collect stuff and bus them over, and I was OK with that, we took Jackson to the store and bought tangible items, and while he was just a baby, I felt like we were demonstrating good will for our son. Now, I just don't know if sitting in the comfort of my home with all the walls standing and texting is demonstrating good will!?