I am so stunned by the enormity of the Tsunamis disaster in the Indian ocean region, our not so distant neighbours, that I can hardly write about it. A death toll currently estimated at around 23,000 and growing.
I've been watching with horror the news footage of the destruction and carnage, much of the footage caught as the waves rolled in and swept people way. So many heart renching tales.
I think I will take the image of the row after row of wrapped children's bodies with me to the grave.
Whatever you believe in, say a prayer or spare a thought for the suffering of the dead and the living. Give whatever you can, as I hope all our governments will.
[31st December 2004. The death toll has climbed past 120,000. I still struggle to comprehend how awful this disaster is, how much it has touched and changed the lives of so many people, and ended the lives of so many before their time was due. I watch the horrific tv images and walk around stunned. Please let this bring us all together, so that something positive might perhaps come from this.]
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The enormity of this tragedy is staggering.
Does anyone know where giving will do the most good?
I just noticed you can use One Click on amazon.com to make a donation to the American Red Cross to help with disaster relief in East Africa and South Asia. If you have an account there, it makes it simple to help the survivors of this devastation. Just a suggestion. As I write this, they've collected almost $280,000.
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