150,000 Prayers

Agnostic or atheist, Christian or Muslim or Hindu or Buddhist, Deist or Daoist, let us take a moment to pray for those who suffered in the tsunamis in the Indian Ocean.
To those who have lost their families, their homes, their loved ones, or their lives, you are in my heart tonight as we go forth into a new year. I can only hope that the toll does not rise any more than it has, and I will observe a moment of silence at midnight instead of noise in rememberance of the victims.
My heart is with Asia tonight. Let the new year bring relief, hope, and a new beginning.