Feeling Helpless & Focusing On Helping

Today I’m pretty blank equally to what to write - I direct cypher because I boot the bucket on thinking virtually Boston. I boot the bucket on thinking virtually the runners together with their families together with the spectators who were simply out at that spot supporting everyone together with having a swell time. 

I boot the bucket on thinking virtually the get-go responders together with how they towards the chaos when everyone was running away from it. 

I boot the bucket on thinking virtually life together with how incredibly brusk it is together with how our worlds tin flame locomote changed both personally together with equally a patch inward seconds together with forever. 

And I boot the bucket on clinging to the words hope; love, forcefulness together with tenacity - And how nosotros equally a patch are going to take away in 1 lawsuit once to a greater extent than require massive doses of all of the higher upwards - And how nosotros are going to take away to spread hope; love, forcefulness together with tenacity.

I felt together with thus damn helpless yesterday equally I sat at my reckoner at work, together with simply equally helpless when I came dwelling solid together with turned on my TV together with cried inward front end of it. I cried most of final nighttime - The exclusively thing I could produce was to tweet helpful links virtually housing registries for the runners, run tracking for marathoners, etc, together with postal service said links on faceobook. 

I hollo upwards nosotros all are all shocked feeling hopeless together with lost together with distressing - together with helpless. So if yous know of anyways to help, delight part - together with thus others tin flame assist together with experience less helpless together with to a greater extent than helpful.  

It doesn’t affair if it’s praying, giving blood, setting upwards fundraising pages, etc. 

OK, I’ll start. This morning time my/our Despite Diabetes friend Moira McCarthy posted this on her Facebook page:

I direct been at a loss all nighttime figuring out how to produce SOMETHING to assist or demonstrate all those impacted straight that nosotros care. This is my idea, together with experience costless to part it: Pick a charity that had runners at the Marathon together with donate to a runner. Does non direct to locomote a lot -- fifty-fifty a dollar. And demonstrate that runner together with charity that yous care. I'm going to donate to a JDRF Runner of course, but I'm likewise going to pick out a charity I powerfulness non commonly back upwards together with a runner whom I don't know at all. Show them the basis cares. Join me.

Many inward the diabetes online community are running amongst Moira’s watch - And I hollo upwards that’s awesome!

Other friends, similar my friend Deb Ruppert went out early on this morning time to donate blood.

Deb is on the left coast, but blood donations are ever inward take away across the the US - particularly inward times of crisis - And a pint tin flame literally salve a person’s life. 

It’s together with thus elementary together with nevertheless it’s something many of us forget virtually - Also, yous larn a donut when yous donate blood - So... yous know.... 

Today many people, including my friend Ann Bartlett are wearing Running Jerseys ( or inward Ann’s case, her Boston Marathon Volunteer jacket) inward back upwards of the runners. 

Therapy dogs are beingness flown to Boston to offering comfort.

Runners stores across the province direct become impromptu places for runners to get together together with back upwards each 1 to a greater extent than or less other equally they mourn  - And equally someone who appreciates together with draws back upwards from her ain diabetes community - I TOTALLY GET IT.

Last nighttime a grouping Knoxville Runners, prompted past times this tweet had a candle service inward their running park. 

http://twitter.yfrog.com/hsyfsclj

If whatever of yous alive inward the Boston expanse together with would similar to assist stranded runners observe shelter, http://Boston.com  has created a registry for stranded Marathoners (hotel evacuated, flying canceled,etc) here:  http://j.mp/marathonhome  - 

As for me, I’m going to locomote running amongst Moira’s watch - pun non intended - Donating small-scale amounts to several Boston Marathon Teams charities, Diabetes together with otherwise -  I'm non rich past times whatever means, but a picayune goes along way. 

And I’m going to produce my best to cling to the words HELP, hope; love, forcefulness together with tenacity - And brand them my mantras of choice.