WHAT A NIGHT! MY HEART ACHES FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF HAITI, AND THEIR SUFFERING. YET, MY WAR IS RAGING WITHIN ME. A KIND NURSE TOLD ME YESTERDAY THAT MY REDNESS IN FACE SHOWS THAT A WAR IS RAGING INSIDE. BELIEVE ME, LAST NIGHT I BARELY SLEPT-I COULD FEEL THE BATTLE INSIDE MY CAVITIES, MY STOMACH, MY RIB CAGE-HOT BURNING ONES. IT KEPT ME UP ALL NIGHT. BUT I TRIED TO REST, FINALLY GOT UP TO GIVE MYSELF A HOT FOOT BATH TO SOOTHE MY SOUL AND FEET. THANK G. I HAD A SON AND GRANDAUGHTER IN ADJACENT BEDROOMS, JUST THERE, DIDN'T DISTURB THEM, BUT KNOWING THEY WERE THERE, WAS ENOUGH FOR ME.
THANK G. IT IS MORNING, AND ONCE AGAIN, I WILL TRY TO KEEP UP, GOING TO TEACH, ETC.
I AM SO THANKFUL FOR A NEW DAY, FOR HOPE FOR ALL SICK PEOPLE, FOR A REAL HELP TO AID THE PEOPLE OF HAITI AND ALL OVER WHO ARE AILING AND LOSING FAMILY MEMBERS.
HOW FORTUNATE WE REALLY ARE WITH ALL THAT WE HAVE, WHEN YOU READ OF THEIR POVERTY.
HAVE A NICE DAY!
p.s. Teaching today was as if nothing at all was wrong with me. I try not to show it on the surface, as that is not fair to my teacher students. But thank G. for this gift I have to be able to reach children and adults alike, to teach, be with, relate to, and perhaps influence thoughts, feelings, and actions in the world. As Rosh Chodesh approaches, despite all the difficult moments, and periods we have, as individuals, as families, as a people, let's try to think of all the good that we have and to look forward to, G. willing. This is not my preaching. It is what I know will help me.
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