A Simple Act

This morning, Maura woke up after sleeping well through the night. I went into her room to find her smiling up at me. I love that greeting that I get everyday. After changing her, she whined, much like a baby bird (which has become her new nickname) with her mouth open to tell me that she was hungry.

So I fed her.

A simple act, to feed your baby. And yet there are mothers in the South today who cannot feed there babies, who haven't been able to feed their babies for days. I heard a report on the news this morning about a baby at the convention center in New Orleans that died yesterday due to dehydration. DEHYDRATION?!!!!

The thought of hearing Maura cry for food or water day after day and not being able to give her anything because there is nothing to be had, tears me apart. I have a lump in my throat and my stomach is in knots thinking about those mothers and their children. I feel sick over it.

And this is in our own country! THIS IS AMERICA, PEOPLE!!!!! Why is it that we have plans in place to assist other countries in their time of need, but we can't feed our own children??!! How is it possible that we are the richest country in the world, and there is suffering taking place like this?? I understand it was a natural disaster, but it's been several days now. Where is the help??!! I donated money to the Red Cross (which I still encourage all of you to do), but maybe I would have been better off taking my money to the grocery store, buying bottled water, and driving it to LA myself. Maybe it would have gotten there faster. Maybe it would've gotten to that baby before it died of dehydration.

I will donate more money, I will keep praying. There is not much more that I can do.

But I want to remind you all that natural disasters can happen anywhere, whether it be a tornado, earthquake, forest fire, etc. This could be any of us. Remember that the next time that you feed you children. Please, find some way to help. Our fellow countrymen and women, and babies, need us.