I climbed Blue Hill today, to remember and honor our most beloved Toby, the very best of hiking companions. It is a fitting memorial.
We had Toby put down this morning, not wanting to prolong any longer his suffering or ours. Toby, you are forever in our hearts!
the horror is mothers contemplating adoption because they cannot feed their children
the horror is food rotting in the fields because it is too dangerous to bring it to market
the horror is a nurse watching her daughter be snatched by thugs along with her
the horror is aid workers and food vendors being kidnapped and raped
the horror is Haiti’s first president being ousted
the horror is Haiti’s forty-third president being assassinated
the horror is stinking piles of rubbish in the streets
the horror is children playing in open sewers
the horror is a teenager brandishing an AK-47
the horror is a gaunt young boy clad only in a pair of ripped shorts put on backwards
the horror is the interminable misery of a beautiful people
the horror is the insufferable ravaging of a beautiful country
the horror is the unconscionable neglect of a heedless world
the horror is almost no one cares