Chileno de corazon...

I was saddened this morning when I woke up and the first thing I saw was that an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile early this morning.  I spent a year of my life there, at times I feel like I left my heart there or at least a part of it, and will always, always have something deep within tying me to that wonderful country. 

I immediately contacted my friends & family that I have there and they were all alright.  Scared, but ok.  Thank goodness!  (Bless Facebook mobil!)

Reading about it and watching the news makes me so sad.  There is so much destruction!  This earthquake, they say, was more powerful than the Haitian one.  Luckily Chile has strong building codes and there wasn't as high of a death toll like Haiti. 

I believe in the president (Bachelet), I believe she'll make things right and there won't be tent cities for years coming like I've seen when devastation struck Peru.  I believe that she'll do right for her people...until March 11th, but I can only hope the new president elect will see everything through.

Today I'm thinking about the people of Chile and hoping that they pull together like I know them to do and soldier on.  It's a beautiful country filled with wonderful people. 

May they all feel a little peace before night falls.







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Today I am grateful for my daughter, that my friends in Chile are safe, and for the awesome clearance sale at the department store!!!