It's really hard for me to worry about my petty little obsessions (must only nurture friendships with people who have Verizon Wireless...others can only talk to me on nights and weekends), when I'm reading about the 50,000 children who died in the tusanmis. Not to mention that my president needed three days of silent meditation before he could come up with the idea of (wow) giving aid! Australia, however, quelled the yapping about donations by really doling out the big bucks.

Just for today, I am grateful (and guilty) to be safe and living with my loved ones.