So after blasting the American collective yesterday, I felt it only fair to provide a counter example to the self-serving nature of Haitian aid that I was attacking.
Today's local paper carried the sad news of a young woman who lost her life in the Haitian earthquake. She died doing what many more of us should have done, attempting to produce positive change BEFORE calamity struck. Do not be confused, I count myself among those who could do more. Sadly people who follow Molly's path in life are all to often labeled as "idealists."
It would be refreshing if actions like Molly's were as commonplace to Americans as the week long campouts in front of department stores while people wait for the latest video games and electronic gadgets to go on sale.
Here is a person who could not have done any more. May she get EVERYTHING she deseves.
Link to her blog:
http://mollyinhaiti.blogspot.com/
Link to Original News Story:
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/memorial_for_molly_hightower_h.html
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