Connect with the Need

Here's some confirmation of your worst fears about what government officials say and what is really going on.

The hub and I polished off a couple of bottles of my latest favorite comfort wine: Luan Bodegas "Equis" cuvee. It was the first time in a looong time that our specific intention was to get snockered. Why? Because we needed to purge everything that had been welling up over the last several days: deep sadness, rage, helplessness. We needed to rant, laugh our asses off, and weep, and there's no better companion for that than good red wine. We needed to talk about what we wanted to do to help, what made the most sense, beyond the monetary donations we'd already made. He and I both feel that making progress towards getting the evacuees back to normal life is our personal responsibility, in whatever way we can.

I hope everyone reading this has already donated all they can to the American Red Cross, Second Harvest, or whichever organization is also on the front line of the devastation. There's no excuse not to, people. Give it up for the Americans who need us right now. Then do whatever else you can: help the Red Cross with the phones, organize a fundraiser. Just do the most. This is the one you can't ignore.

Clink.