I watched my wife cry tonight. A real honest to God sob from the heart as we watched a special report on her favored Spanish language channel Univision. And of course that special report was of Japan. Hers were the honest tears of someone who does understand some degree of loss having witnessed,… boots on the ground…, others suffer loss in a similar catastrophe a number of years ago.
As we watched before us families….and worse , remnants of families who have been “fortunate” enough to walk away with nothing more than, well…just life itself, I was brought back somewhat painfully to things I have myself witnessed in my travels…Children who couldn’t even imagine the untold luxury of something so exquisite as a coloring book and a five pack of Crayolas. Men and women who toil harder than most humans I know could tolerate for nothing more than that days food to feed their families.
My wife has a knack of forcing me to think of things I don’t want to and I honor her genuine compassion even though it reminds me how shallow is mine. And she reminds me to look around when I have a piss and moan…… which comes more frequent as of late…….and notice that we live in a place where the likes of Rush Limbaugh can be paid $4.5 million a year to get on the radio and whine about how “unfair” his taxes are.
I can only imagine how uncomfortable a position that must be for Rush…
And I thought of that as I watched the news reporter make Japanese children laugh……
