I think the picture reflect well my current feelings of being pensive, sad, anxious and a bit blue. It was taken on our Botswana trip last year.

It has been a hard week, with me already feeling down and then watching/reading the news every day this week and feeling more sad. I told myself I wouldn’t watch the news last night, but still managed to view a clip of CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta walking through the streets of Port-au-Prince and felt sick to my stomach. Then I read an article this morning on the bus, and couldn’t fight the tears.

I didn’t know much about Haiti until college, when my love for Wyclef Jean spilled over to learning more about his efforts there. Check out his non-profit, yele.org, to learn about way to help the current situation.

I remember in an interview, Wyclef referring to the people of Haiti as the most resilient people in the world — based on their history of slavery, cruel dictators, and genocidal neighbors. I pray for their resilience in this matter — Haiti is in all of our hearts.