Aftershock

There are people without homes, food, loved ones just 100 miles north of here. My son (who is -not- the child in the photo at left) is obviously shaken, tossed around with the other children in his school classroom when the earthquake hit. A seven year old cannot understand. The child in that photo must be so much more confused … beyond a child’s understanding. The aftershocks and “meltdown” talk as we constantly checked for bulletins were beginning to get to our son, so we send him (with my wife) off to relatives on the other side of Tokyo. After a fews days with no water or toilets (they’re back now … luxuries … ), checking news bulletins for the nuclear reactors (about 110 miles from here) and being woken from sleep by the aftershocks … I’m TIRED! But I can’t help just feel fortunate that my family and I seem so well off, unscratched. Inconvenienced and sleepless at worst, maybe a bit rattled.
Zazen truly has hel [...]