My wife is a singer/songwriter, she's struggled with me through the past two weeks as we try to make smart decisions without information, whilst waking every 2-3 hours to take care of Joseph. This is a song she's written for her schools to carry out to the evacuation centers and sing to those who have lost everything. First public performance will be this Saturday at Saitama super arena.
She was asked to write this by her students 4 days ago, did, and two later she and Joseph got on the train and headed back to Tokyo to meet her staff and record it. Last night she came back to Kobe, pram in one hand and luggage in the other I think it's an 8 hour round trip from our house. While in Tokyo the water was too dangerous for her to drink and feed Joseph. It's a lot of energy to expend, especially when you've been living in an uncertain state out of a suitcase for ten days already. Last night after getting back she was too tired and stressed to keep down her food. Huge effort love, you put than you have in the tank into this, would that it lifts Japan's spirits in some way.
As a family we're not ready to go back to Tokyo. The water is still not safe and we read today that there was a leak at the plant. My work will be operating from normal on Monday, only myself and a couple of other families with small children will be operating remotely for the next week, although I think it's going to take a lot longer than a week to get through this now. I thought it was tough for me, I have a friend with a 4 month old son, his company threatened disciplinary action for any staff not in their seats by Monday morning.
A week in Nagoya, then Kobe, next Osaka. We are tired but safe, compared to hundreds of thousands of others we have no problems.
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