Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

My alma mater is accepting students who have been displaced by the hurricane. I was reading last week about how schools in Boston are donating laptops, and it seemed somehow silly to prioritize such things when many have lost families and their lives. Still, there are people from all walks of life who are now homeless: poor, wealthy, educated, and uneducated. My ex’s new significant other had just received a tenure-track position teaching at the University of New Orleans. It’s hard to prioritize when there are people in need at every level. I look at people like myself, people like the people I worked with in Memphis, and all the animals. I don’t want to forget the poor, but in remembering the poor, I don’t want to forget the middle class who are also homeless, the sick, the young, the elderly, the recently orphaned. And while I remember all of those people in need, I don’t want to forget the people who were more directly affected by the hurricane itself in Mississippi. Triage in a situation like this is nearly impossible. It’s overwhelming. When it comes down to it, though, there are so many people who do not have other means of support. They need their government. They need us. Help your family. Help those who can’t help themselves. Give, give, give. If everyone helps in some way, maybe we can eventually get things closer to right again.