Most of my posts have been negative so its time for some warm fuzzies.

Life is not all bad. It is just that the “news” very often is. In fact, my life in particular is wonderful. But rather than go on at length at how awesome my husband and children are, even though they are awesome, or how spoiled I am to have a great nanny and therefore time to do volunteer work, or how I never want and probably never will want for food or shelter or a safe and peaceful life etc., I will mention a briefing I attended this morning.

The briefing was with a high-ranking official in USAID. It was interesting and informative and part of it was certainly “glum” in as much as we discussed the sheer magnitude of the tragedies and disasters that have occurred in the world recently. But let’s not focus on that. Instead let’s focus on the warm fuzzies. The official mentioned, almost in passing, the heroic efforts and dedication of the US military in places just as earthquake struck Pakistan. He said we would be proud.

Great! I want to be proud. Especially in light of stories such as my last post about the air-strike in Pakistan that killed innocent civilians including women and children. We need more of that kind of information filtering down – both inside and outside of the US. He also talked about the amazingly heroic efforts of the Pakistani army. These are the stories that my soul wants to hear. I would like to hear more of them.

p.s. How are you? And, more importantly, who are you? : -) just wondering who might be reading these posts. Send me a message!