Monday, September 05, 2005
What MDA's Been Up To
At least, that's what I'd originally hoped to make this week's Monday post about. It seemed appropriate, given that the Labor Day Telethon is airing through most of the day (it being Labor Day and all that). A number of things have intruded on that plan, though -- Hurricane Katrina, private events in my own life, and other stuff all conspiring, as it were, to make that not happen.
So I'll just post a couple of brief links here. I've posted them before in the past couple of days, but they bear repeating.
One, obviously, is to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. With just a little bit of work -- or even none at all, if you're watching the telethon -- you should be able to find out what they're doing. And, as I asked before, even in the wake of Katrina please see if you can't spare five or ten dollars to help out here.
The other is to the list of Katrina-related charities at Truth Laid Bear. Pick whatever charities (one or more) you like and do what you can. Give money, blood, labor, blog space, or whatever you can. If you can't give any of that, even just words of comfort, prayers, and other emotional and moral support can make a lot of difference.
The Hurricane Relief
link at Amazon is another place I posted previously. It's handy because (as far as I can tell, at least) you can tack your Red Cross contribution onto your bill as you buy other stuff from Amazon. If you don't want to do it that way, that's perfectly fine; just so everyone gives at least a little bit to help out, each according to his or her own ability.
Both of these are situations that cause a lot of pain and suffering -- one long-term and nigh-inescapable, the other temporary (notwithstanding fatalities) yet deeply profound. In both cases, if we pull together in a cooperative effort, we can bring our brothers and sisters out of their suffering, and together be stronger for it.
(I'm posting this usual Monday post on Sunday, because I may not be around tomorrow to post it and I think it's important.)
That's all for now. Thank you.
So I'll just post a couple of brief links here. I've posted them before in the past couple of days, but they bear repeating.
One, obviously, is to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. With just a little bit of work -- or even none at all, if you're watching the telethon -- you should be able to find out what they're doing. And, as I asked before, even in the wake of Katrina please see if you can't spare five or ten dollars to help out here.
The other is to the list of Katrina-related charities at Truth Laid Bear. Pick whatever charities (one or more) you like and do what you can. Give money, blood, labor, blog space, or whatever you can. If you can't give any of that, even just words of comfort, prayers, and other emotional and moral support can make a lot of difference.
The Hurricane Relief
link at Amazon is another place I posted previously. It's handy because (as far as I can tell, at least) you can tack your Red Cross contribution onto your bill as you buy other stuff from Amazon. If you don't want to do it that way, that's perfectly fine; just so everyone gives at least a little bit to help out, each according to his or her own ability.Both of these are situations that cause a lot of pain and suffering -- one long-term and nigh-inescapable, the other temporary (notwithstanding fatalities) yet deeply profound. In both cases, if we pull together in a cooperative effort, we can bring our brothers and sisters out of their suffering, and together be stronger for it.
(I'm posting this usual Monday post on Sunday, because I may not be around tomorrow to post it and I think it's important.)
That's all for now. Thank you.
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Thank you very much for the comment, malfouka. I've always been one to care about the matter, and seeing my best friend diagnosed with Steinert's (myotonic muscular dystrophy) only strengthened that. Her type of Steinert's is not nearly as serious as Duchenne's -- most patients live long enough to die of something else -- but it still impacts her life quite a bit. For your son's situation you have my empathy and sympathy.
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