Sad thoughts

[frualeydis]

I cry when I read the newspaper in the morning. It is so horrible that I feel guilty for being happy about my family, my costumes, my job and my life in general. I'm so grateful that no-one I know was there and hurt or killed and then I feel selfish for feeling so when so many people have died or lost their loved ones.
On another in the context meaningless frivolous note I'm going to my friend Carin's birthday party this afternoon. It won't be a very wild party since she was supposed to have her baby on christmas day and it hasn't arrived yet. I hope I can cheer her up little and get her mind off from obsessing about being forced to start the labour with induction like last time when she was 22 days overdue. She's only five days late now, nothing to get upset about really.

Comments

[myralea.livejournal.com]

>> I cry when I read the newspaper in the morning.

i do too. although i have not had the heart yet to read the papers. but listning to 1,5 hours of morning news on the radio every morning is heartbreaking enough. yesterday a visted a friend and watched the news on TV for the first time, it was undescribable.

i've for the past days considered to set up an monthly withdrawal from my bank account to the red cross or something else, or do you have any better suggestions? "läkare utan gränser" maybe? i've been too bad doing those things. but today, being a grown up with a regular income, there's no excuses not to anymore.

[silverstah.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

There's nothing to feel guilty about - rather, feel grateful that you and yours live someplace safe, have food to eat, a roof over your head, and some luxuries that others don't have.

If it would make you feel better - my not do some volunteer work? Unfortunately, it's difficult for most of us to volunteer for the relief efforts for the tsunami victims, but there are plenty of volunteer programs close to home. I'm sure that local churches or homeless shelters are always looking for help, or you could even put your keen cosutming skills to work and volunteer at a local historical site or museum. :)

[pandorasbox.livejournal.com]

We gave money to Red Cresent. It made me feel better.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Like Myra I'm thinking about giving money to medecins sans frontiers, unfortunately our economy is really bad now after christmas with three kids and not a fabulous income to start with. But we can give some.
Volunteering to do work is something I can't do because I barely manage to take care of my family because of my arthritis. I wonder how it will be when I go back to work next monday.

Eva

[pinque.livejournal.com]

It sounds trite I know, but a very little from everyone soon becomes a very very big amount. It's amazing how many people are giving.

Our government is matching dollar for dollar what our citizens are giving, as ell as an aid package.

I have the same issue obviously, when it comes to work foe this sort of thing it's very hands on isn't it.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

I regularly give money to an organisation who cares for homelss people and to another organsiation who works with providing schooling for girls (among other things) in Afghanistan.

Eva