Aftershocks

Japan is still shaking.  You wake up disoriented- should you run?  Is it a dream?  It isn't.  Sometimes you just feel like you're moving when you aren't.  Your muscles are tense all the time.  Your back hurts from not sleeping well.  You have headaches from stress.  You complain about stores not having the food you like or subway lines being too slow.  But then you turn on the news and you catch the face of an elderly man searching for his family.  A child crying for her mother.  Then you remember you are lucky to be alive.  You are grateful you were with a loved one during the quake.  You are healthy and safe.  All will be okay.  The coast is far away.  The nuclear plants are nowhere near here.  They are planning power outages, but it doesn't affect you.  You are going to be fine.

Thanks to all of YOU for your constant prayers and well wishes.  We are fine.