WOW, SO YOU THINK YOU'RE HAVING A BAD DAY?

A horrible day going down in history - the poor Haitian people and what they are facing. As if their living conditions weren't bad enough, add thousands (100's of thousands actually), of deaths. And closer to home, two twenty-something daughters showed up at my company today, crying hysterically to the receptionist explaining they need to speak with their mom (one of the employees in my department). A safety officer took them into an empty office and one of them blurted out their brother was killed today in Afghanistan and they needed to tell their mom. The officer called me to explain and asked me to bring Lynn over to them. It was the most horrible few minutes that I can remember facing in a long time. As soon as I got her to the office, he and I left while they told her, but just standing outside the door and hearing them all moan in pain was devastating. I can't imagine what their poor family is going through. Her husband has terminal cancer and the 3 of them take turns caring for him at home. Who would have thought she needs to take care of her son's funeral arrangements before her husband's?

So if you are having a pity party for yourself...think about all of the others in the world that have it so much worse than we do today. And then say a prayer for them.