I finally found a picture of Andea, Bob and their daughter Wendy. I knew I had one in some folder in 'My Pictures', it was just a matter of searching and now I can relax knowing you can see this beautiful family when they were vacationing in Hawaii. Now, you can go on with the tale I wanted to tell today.
In spite of tsunami waves, shaking earthquakes of high intensity, the Japanese Cherry blossoms are out in bloom. What a beautiful colorful sight it must be, and what a tremendous uplift for the Japanese people who have had nothing but rubble surround them. This picture came along with some words from our Sullivan niece who has lived through the earth shaking experience of a nine point earthquake and all of the after shocks. Wendy is a teacher and considers Japan home. She has her own apartment but during all of the shaking she stayed with her host family. Her words are uplifting as she tells of the drama and the fear that goes along with the earth shaking. The Japanese people are
resilient and have such courage as they try to get back to normal living and extend a helping hand to those in the other parts of the Island that have had such devastation it could take a life time to turn around. There has been words written lately about whether or not they should even try to rebuild, yet in
Tokyo life is returning to a tiny fraction of what it used to be. They have some of the trains running again and the schools will open soon. Wendy told of the school being retrofitted after one of the big quakes of recent years and how it stood up under the horrendous quake of a month ago. People and children were in the school building and remained safe, one of the few stories of survival. Wendy was home for her father' s birthday and I am sure her parents were very happy to wrap her in a big hug and had thoughts of keeping her home and safe, but Wendy has chosen her life style and she wanted to be back teaching and helping her second family and get on with her life. She is a strong young lady and unless something even more horrible happens she will
continue to teach and enjoy her life in Japan. Her parents have accepted her choices and know now that they did a
tremendous job in raising this young lady to be altruistic and loving. She is content with her life and that is as it should be. She even extended an invitation to come and visit her in Japan but I doubt she will get many takers until all are assured that the earth has quit shaking and those nuclear plants are secure once again. The radiation threat continues for them and for the world as a whole. Hopefully we will all hear some good news for a change. Somewhere in the maze of pictures I have one of Wendy and her parents but could I find it to add to the blog . . . no, and I did search, but where is a puzzle I could not resolve this morning. In her letter, Wendy tells how thankful and surprised the Japanese people are for the out pouring of help from all over the world as people dug deep to donate to the charities who are at the ready to be of help with food and medical supplies. We have yet to hear the number of people who did not survive this horrendous earthquake. So today, keep in mind that we can still do something to help those less fortunate than ourselves. One never knows when the shoe is on the other foot. Hugs to all.
I finally found a picture of Andea, Bob and their daughter Wendy. I knew I had one in some folder in 'My Pictures', it was just a matter of searching and now I can relax knowing you can see this beautiful family when they were vacationing in Hawaii. Now, you can go on with the tale I wanted to tell today. 
In spite of tsunami waves, shaking earthquakes of high intensity, the Japanese Cherry blossoms are out in bloom. What a beautiful colorful sight it must be, and what a tremendous uplift for the Japanese people who have had nothing but rubble surround them. This picture came along with some words from our Sullivan niece who has lived through the earth shaking experience of a nine point earthquake and all of the after shocks. Wendy is a teacher and considers Japan home. She has her own apartment but during all of the shaking she stayed with her host family. Her words are uplifting as she tells of the drama and the fear that goes along with the earth shaking. The Japanese people are resilient and have such courage as they try to get back to normal living and extend a helping hand to those in the other parts of the Island that have had such devastation it could take a life time to turn around. There has been words written lately about whether or not they should even try to rebuild, yet in Tokyo life is returning to a tiny fraction of what it used to be. They have some of the trains running again and the schools will open soon. Wendy told of the school being retrofitted after one of the big quakes of recent years and how it stood up under the horrendous quake of a month ago. People and children were in the school building and remained safe, one of the few stories of survival. Wendy was home for her father' s birthday and I am sure her parents were very happy to wrap her in a big hug and had thoughts of keeping her home and safe, but Wendy has chosen her life style and she wanted to be back teaching and helping her second family and get on with her life. She is a strong young lady and unless something even more horrible happens she will continue to teach and enjoy her life in Japan. Her parents have accepted her choices and know now that they did a tremendous job in raising this young lady to be altruistic and loving. She is content with her life and that is as it should be. She even extended an invitation to come and visit her in Japan but I doubt she will get many takers until all are assured that the earth has quit shaking and those nuclear plants are secure once again. The radiation threat continues for them and for the world as a whole. Hopefully we will all hear some good news for a change. Somewhere in the maze of pictures I have one of Wendy and her parents but could I find it to add to the blog . . . no, and I did search, but where is a puzzle I could not resolve this morning. In her letter, Wendy tells how thankful and surprised the Japanese people are for the out pouring of help from all over the world as people dug deep to donate to the charities who are at the ready to be of help with food and medical supplies. We have yet to hear the number of people who did not survive this horrendous earthquake. So today, keep in mind that we can still do something to help those less fortunate than ourselves. One never knows when the shoe is on the other foot. Hugs to all.
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