Earthquake Aftermath

If I had known that Wednesday's 7.3 earthquake was just a prelude to the 8.9 quake that hit Japan on Friday, I wouldn't have made a silly post about a song and a 30-second building sway. I've thought about taking the initial post down, considered erasing both...but then realized that I wouldn't rip pages out of my travel journal, would I?

Thank you to everyone at home for reaching out to us and showing so much concern. The worst of everything didn't even come close to us, and my heart just breaks for the thousands and thousands directly affected in NE Japan. Reading the news every few hours has kept the gravity and reality of the situation in check for me, but it still seems unreal that such tragedy is happening just a few hundred miles away.