Clean the shirts on their backs by putting one on yours.

The putrid piles of
clothing in my house are proof
of this one truth: I

hate doing laundry.
But at least I have the means.
Some out there do not.

The term that is used
is “natural disaster.”
I’m sure the victims

feel anything but
natural picking up the
pieces of their lives.

I have not suffered
severe destruction but
just thinking about

the devastation
after floods, hurricanes, and
twisters, I shudder.

At such desperate
times, I can imagine that
all help is welcome.

Tide is offering
practical help to those who
need it in this way:

You buy a shirt here;
proceeds provide clothes cleaning
service for victims.

So now even if
I am not cleaning my own
family’s clothing…

I can take comfort
in knowing that I’m helping
clean laundry elsewhere.

Here’s Your Chance

I’ve been pretty busy this week and I’m seriously behind on my blog reading.  It wasn’t until today that I read this post at Daring Young Mom, and my heart goes out to the victims.

No. More than that.  My heart aches, it seizes up, it trembles. 

I can close my eyes and mentally picture my entire home covered in mud.  Everything ruined.  A little blonde haired boy stands in the middle of the room I picture, smeared with mud, looking for his paci.  My lip quivers as I truly empathize with these people.

Please - read the entire post.  If you can, please help.  We beings who live and breathe, work and love on this earth can do nothing better than love one another in a practical way whenever there is opportunity to do so; whenever there is need, and we are capable.  Often we get too rushed, too tied up, to see those opportunities.  Slow down for a minute and look.  Show your Humanity.

PS: If you can’t afford to make a donation, you could always post about this and see if you can send more people to Daring Young Mom to read, learn and help in any way they can.  Locals can get their hands dirty if they are strapped for money.