Shokufeh is... home

Sadness

I'm still trying to comprehend the magnitude of the tsunami and its effect. When we went to the Big Island a couple of years ago, we visited the Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hilo. It made a big impression on us, and we often wonder what we would do in a tsunami. (Just Saturday night, as we were sitting at a restaurant in Waikiki, I wondered if we were high enough if a tsunami were to hit.) But the scope of damage that we learned about at the museum doesn't begin to compare to what happened this weekend. The only positive thing I can see is that it is heartening that the rest of the world cares about the vast destruction of villages we've never visited and the lives lost of people we never met.

For now, I will focus on the loss of someone with whom I've spent time on a weekly, sometimes daily, basis. Goodbye, Lennie.