Tragedy in Haiti

I have a lot of time to watch TV at night while I nurse my 11 day old son. I've experienced earthquakes to a certain level by living in Japan for half of my life, though I've never experienced any disaster. The images on the screen are graphic and the emotions are raw. I sense pain and irony, as I hold my baby close in our warm room on our cozy chair, while Haitian moms worry about the well being of their babies on the street. Many babies died. Many babies are injured. And many moms just keep their babies close, like I would, but in despair, without shelter. It hurts to watch this catastrophe, and at the same time, I am thankful for the basics; our home, our food and water, and our healthy kids. Or maybe these are not so basic after all....

Pat works for a large pharmaceutical company, 5 min from our home. He told me last night that on top of donating essential medications to Haiti, they've also made some monetary contributions. What I thought was really great was that they are also doing a 2 to 1 match on donations made by employees to major organizations like Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders with no maximum limit. Pharmaceutical companies have bad reps but its nice that they can help out at much needed time like this.