Tomorrow being the anniversary of the earthquake which brought to ruin a part of Sendai (my adopted home town), I thought about the many usual responses by outsiders (and insiders)- the call for change, the deep and superficial sadness, the pride (in one's own heritage, whether truly believed or otherwise), and all of the many ups and downs of thoughts related to it. A year has passed, and did not most people return to their television dramas, pop music, food blogging, clothes shopping, and et cetera, only to remember it for one day and then go back to the usual program without missing a beat? Why bother at all?
The fact is, has anything really changed? And, if so, has it changed for the better?
As for me, there is one image that is burned in my memory- that of these parents looking in the debris for their daughter. It comes back to me like a nightmare at the strangest moments, but especially at this time. How can you rebuild them, and people like them, who lost their hearts?
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