Ali, what wonderful words of wisdom. My siblings and I do not understand our
Aunt's sending out those "send money to rescue the animals" emails she sent
after the hurricane as well as the tsunami. My sister, a single woman, was
concerned with women's rights and safety. My brother, an adoptive-hopeful
married man was concerned with the orphaned children, and I, of course, was
concerned for the babies who would be formula-feeding unsafely.

And it was the unsafe formula-feeding that I finally centered on for my
column. Thank you all for your support, suggestions and ideas. Nothing like
a mental block, but an angry mental block? Hard to get around without
friends. Thank you.

If you want to see it, contact me at [log in to unmask] . Probably too long
for the list!

Best wishes,
Heather "Sam" Doak
from sunny Marietta Ohio



In times of crisis, we reach for the familiar. With a disaster this large,
people often need to approach it from a specific angle, because it's utterly
impossible to get one's arms around the entire scope of things. Piece by
piece, we all tackle it, and we rely on our own areas of expertise to guide
us through something that is terrifying and consuming. We do what we know,
because it is all we know how to do until some semblance of normalcy is
attained, and because we feel helpless if we do nothing.

The breastfeeding community's centrical response is not unique in the wake
of Katrina. Those concerned with animal welfare are strategizing ways to
save the pets left behind by evacuating owners. Those concerned with elder
care reform are raging about the people who drowned in nursing homes waiting
for rescuers who never came - and so on, on it goes.

We do what we know, because it is all we know how to do.  And it is far
better than doing nothing.


Ali Crehan Feeney
Quincy, MA
breastfeeding counselor
http://lactiferous.blogspot.com

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