11 months...

Every month, on the 11th, I pray.
I pray on the 10th in the States at 12:46am because that is the time- 11th in Japan at 2:46pm when the powerful earthquake struck Northeastern Japan.

Sadly, recently, my memories of my time up North are fading.
I am so busy in graduate school that I barely have time to take a moment to care and to think about Northeast Japan...

But praying makes me remember.
It makes me remember the hot and humid days in Rikuzen-Takata city when the flies were swarming the piles of rubble...
And the shock and devastation of seeing the damaged areas, ships wrecked, mud from the tsunami everywhere...
Most importantly, I remember the people... And this gives me a sense of warmth and hope.
And this is why I must keep caring and supporting.
Because there are people out there that still need our love and support.

It is amazing, the progress that has been made in 11 months...
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/09/see-how-japan-has-rebuilt-in-the-11-months-since-the-earthquake-and-tsunami/
I worry though about what we can not visually see.
The hurt and sadness that may be left in people's hearts.

That is why I must keep caring.
And why we must all keep caring and supporting.

On a happier note, thousands of people in Tokyo went on a No Nukes strike in Shibuya yesterday.
Mother nature is unpredictable, but there are things we can prevent from happening...