2010,you've already left your mark

I know I said I hope this year will bring changes but I didn't expect them to happen so fast for everyone around me and to be so life changing.My mother finally got rid of my step-dad and I'm so proud of her,it's hard to walk away from situations and it took her along time to leave him but she finally did.This means that I have even more responsibility to deal with but I'm glad about it because it means that my brothers won't grow up in an unhealthy environment,I've been there it's not fun.I always wondered why my mom stayed,but I understand now that when you're in love you're blind to alot of things and working it out seems like a better option then giving in.I don't know if it's possible to be in love and have the clarity.My very best friend found love after vowing it will never happen again and other friend of mine is getting married soon,everythings moving so fast.Things in my life are pretty much the same,if there whas a change I didn;t notice it.All of this pales in comparison to the tragedy in Haiti.There was a 7.0 earthquake,the death toll is running into the thousands and while this tragedy is going on people try to capitalize on it just because they seemingly have nothing better to do like Evangelical preacher Pat Robertson who blamed the earthquake in Haiti on the country's "pact to the Devil" for wanting its freedom from French colonial rule.Yeah Pat that's what people are concerned with at the moment,a fictional pact with the devil,no ones thinking about having their lives distroyed.I know there's a special place in hell for him just based on that comment.Haiti is already a poor country and to be ripped apart by a natural disaster is devastating,the upside of all this is that when bad things happen the world comes together to help who needs it but the cynic in me has to question why does it take a huge earthquake for people to help an already devastated country?,why do people need to be on the verge of death to be helped?I am glad that they're getting help and that is what's most important.