As I sat at my computer pondering the idea of starting back up with my blog entries I thought to myself, “Where do you find the words to continue on after what has happened in Northern Japan?” Everything that I came up with seems so trivial compared to the fact that hundreds of thousands of people lost everything and over ten thousand people lost their lives. But in the wake of this horrible tragedy I have been witness to an amazing amount of community benevolence. From the people in Japan courageously trying to grasp on to any kind of normalcy in their everyday lives to the funding raising events around the world, I now know that they can and will overcome this.
After a three week hiatus in Colorado, I look forward to heading back to Tokyo. Sure, I am a little weary of the Fukushima plant ordeal but my life is there. I can’t wait to see my friends, students and neighborhood. We will continue onward stronger albeit cautious into our new future.
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