Some Things On My Mind
So I haven’t posted in a very long while. I’ve been busy buying and remodeling a house in Katy and spent some time traveling this summer. This is just a post to get me back in the swing of things and to keep my handful of readers updated, so please bear with the random string of thoughts and upcoming posts.
- On the top of mind right now is Sudan. We don’t hear much about what is going on there now because the news has been dominated by Libya, but things are bad, real bad. My two year old was watching Dora the other day and said simply “Mama, I’m hungry.” I said “Sure, what would you like to eat?” It then hit me like a fist in the stomach that so many mothers hear their children’s cries for food and have nothing to offer. The can’t make them full or safe. They live with the fear that they could, at any minute, watch their child die violently or that they will have to watch their child starve to death with no recourse. My heart is broken. There really isn’t anything I can do and giving thanks that my child is fortunate enough to live a boring suburban life seems inadequate. If you don’t know what is going on in Sudan right now, here are a few resources:
- Blue Nile: Sudan’s New War Zone (BBC)
- South Sudan clashes kill 600, U.N. calls for talk (CNN)
- September 2nd (Friends from Sudan)
- The dearth of good barbeque in Katy needs to be remedied so I will be writing reviews of bbq places in Katy while campaigning to get a Rudy’s here. Stay tuned for the campaign to get Rudy’s to Katy.
- I am in the process of testing a new recipe format for my blog and will soon be uploading many more of my favorites.
- My grandma died this summer. I’ve never lost anyone I was particularly close to and so I am new to grief. Perhaps sharing some of my thoughts will help me process what her life meant to me and the lingering sadness I am left with.
I have noble ambitions of being a much more frequent blogger now that my child is in preschool two days a week but we will have to see if my ambitions turn into action.