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The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey's havoc in Houston, Texas has brought many people together and has shown that compassion and optimism are the beginning stages of recovery.
The George R. Brown Convention Center has shown dedication and organization with an outstanding amount of support from volunteers. In fact, volunteers were being turned away due to the overflow of contributions and the same was said about donations.
Evacuees were able to get medication from various pharmacy stations, emergency medical attention, a cot, blankets, food and toys for children. Barbers and hairstylists offered haircuts for all ages and cosplay actors came to entertain children. Ultimately, the optimism and smiling faces overshadowed the instances of sadness and helped the downtrodden lift their spirits.
However, I noticed that the experience on the inside was much friendlier than what was outside. Numerous homeless individuals were in serious condition due to the ingestion of synthetic marijuana and other drugs. People were conning each other and the behavior was a stark contrast from indoors.
Nevertheless, police officers did a good job in keeping things under control and tending to those that needed the necessary medical attention. A man asked me why I would take photos or video of those reacting to the synthetic marijuana claiming it to be "fu**ed" up." I replied, "that's exactly why it needs to be shown. People should be exposed to these consequences and my hope is that it would discourage someone from using it. Furthermore, I'm also showing that these police and first responders are attending to them in a humane manner." Ultimately, it's upon the individual to be responsible with what they put in your body.
-August 30, 2017
May 29-June 4 a group of bloggers traveled to Manila to witness and write about the ministry of Compassion International to impoverished children living in the Philippines. Read all about their journey at compassionbloggers.com/philippines
Dawg's life was going relatively well (for a terminal cancer patient). She was growing a bit of fur where her arm was amputated and her face lift was a success. Because she had to have her face lift (another cancer tumor removal), it was determined that the chemotherapy wasn't working, so we had decided to discontinue it.
Unfortunately, by the time we made that decision, it was too late. Seemingly out of nowhere, Dawg became VERY ill. She was super anemic and lethargic and wouldn't eat. Apparently the chemotherapy caused ulcers to develop in her stomach and she was bleeding internally, resulting in the anemia. Suddenly we were fighting for Dawg's life. Luckily she was still fighting too! It was a lot of work running back and forth trying to find something she would eat, taking her to the vet every day, giving her different pills at different times of the day, cleaning up messes, etc. but it all paid off. Besides, it was easy to do EVERYTHING we could think of for someone who has given so much of herself to us and other humans.
Just before this picture was taken, we had given Dawg subcutaneous fluids. Unfortunately we were inexperienced and we didn't think of warming the solution before injecting it into Dawg. (There is a 30*F difference between the temp. in our house and Dawg's temp.) We put Dawg in the sun, noted our mistake and we said to ourselves..."Wouldn't it be cool if DFP would sit next to her and warm the fluid in Dawg's back?" We left the room for a few minutes, and this scene is what we saw when we went back!
This is life with DFP! She continually amazes us! I don't know why we are still so surprised by her actions because she is always doing stuff like this. Humans NEVER give animals enough credit when it comes to animals understanding what is going on around them.
May 29-June 4 a group of bloggers traveled to Manila to witness and write about the ministry of Compassion International to impoverished children living in the Philippines. Read all about their journey at compassionbloggers.com/philippines
The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion is a Buddhist monument near Bendigo in central Victoria, Australia. The basic idea for building the stupa came from Lama Yeshe and then, after Lama Yeshe's death, from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, who decided to model the stupa on the Great Stupa of Gyantse which is 600 years old. Wikipedia
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Scotty is a Vietnam Vet who lost his home due to back taxes a few years ago.
Ever since, he's been homeless. Even though he's homeless, with very little
he still has the compassion to feed what little he has left to the birds.