Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day!

"We must combine the toughness of the serpent and the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart."

Haiti Earthquake ~ Tuesday, January,12 2010

Hearing the news about the 7.0 earthquake that destroyed Haiti, mainly Port au Prince was absolutely unbelievable. I immediately logged online, after getting to work, to see videos and pictures of the devastation. No words or thoughts can express the heartbreak and sadness I feel about this. Watching the videos, I can hear the cries of despair and fear. The images of bodies being pulled from the rumble, injured men and women laying in the streets; waiting help and medical attention and dead bodies slewed everyone, circle around and around in my mind.

The efforts to help this very poor nation has reached global porportions. I can't help but think in my mind: Will this be enough? Will help Haiti rebound back to some kind of functioning country? What of the small children who lost their mother or father or both? What of the elderly? What, what what? So many questions are running in my mind. And the helplessness of what to do is very heavy on my heart. Facebook circulated a message from Wyclef to donate $5.00 to the eathquake relief on Yele.org. Though I did, I still feel like "I wish I could do more"......watching and listening to President Obama address the nation about the tragic situation and announcing that we, the United States, would make an aggressive effort to give support to Haiti, gave me another sense of how incredible tragic this is. I am also thinking of the people who live in America, with Haitian heritage, how tormented they must be, not knowing if their loved ones are alive or not.

I read on Facebook, where someone stated: We are slowly at the End of days, people and it just caught my attention. I never seen devastation at this magnitude, with the exception of Hurricane Katrina and when Mt. St. Helens blew some 20 odd years ago. Its so deep to fathom.

My prayers goes out to the Haitian people. May GOD be with you!!

Stepping it up in 2010

A decade has passed and I am looking at 2010 as the year to moving forward in every aspect of my life; personally, professionally, spiritually and physically. My new life starts this year and I look forward to all the positive/negative experiences, goals and aspirations I will venture through.

This year I am moving to North Carolina and starting school to obtain my BA in Human Resources in the summer. Talking about huge changes. But change is needed to grow and life's experiences will make me a better person/woman/mother/sister/daugther.

I didn't make any resolutions this year. Resolutions shouldn't be something that you think about once a year. Resolutions should be goals you want to set for yourself on a continuation basis. Meaning, that everyday should be a resolution.

2009 was a very tough and difficult year for alot of people, including myself. I see 2009 as the "Survival Year" and I seen 2010 as the "Moving forward" Year.

**Raising champagne glass** Here's to a wonderful year! **click-click**