A nurse's trip to the disaster site.
http://jkts-english.blogspot.com/
This is a link to an english translation of a nurse's story about what it was like helping out survivors in shelters right after the tsunami came. It is very touching and an important story that I think people need to know about all over the world.
Her writings are brief since she wrote it on her phone, all during the night when people were asleep in the shelters, the only time when she wasn't overwhelmingly busy. Brief, easy to understand, but very insightful and moving. I cried several times. Sad moments, happy moments, her times of weary and doubt, as well as strength and courage are all recorded here. Mostly, her accounts of the people in the shelters, what they were experiencing is told in such a way that you can imagine being there yourself. At times when she is particularly sad, she writes that she doesn't know the reason for living. It is an understandable statement I think when people experience and witness such tragedy. But she pulls through in the end believing that there is a certain responsibility to each of us to continue living. I once read from some one else that what gives life meaning is what life asks you to do, rather than what you expect from it. Reading her story convinces me that she will find her own answers about life soon. Helping so many people. Being responsible for their care and sharing her story are some of those reasons, in my opinion. Despite the sad parts, I think it was a very positive thing to read. I am grateful to have read it. I hope others can do the same.
This is a link to an english translation of a nurse's story about what it was like helping out survivors in shelters right after the tsunami came. It is very touching and an important story that I think people need to know about all over the world.
Her writings are brief since she wrote it on her phone, all during the night when people were asleep in the shelters, the only time when she wasn't overwhelmingly busy. Brief, easy to understand, but very insightful and moving. I cried several times. Sad moments, happy moments, her times of weary and doubt, as well as strength and courage are all recorded here. Mostly, her accounts of the people in the shelters, what they were experiencing is told in such a way that you can imagine being there yourself. At times when she is particularly sad, she writes that she doesn't know the reason for living. It is an understandable statement I think when people experience and witness such tragedy. But she pulls through in the end believing that there is a certain responsibility to each of us to continue living. I once read from some one else that what gives life meaning is what life asks you to do, rather than what you expect from it. Reading her story convinces me that she will find her own answers about life soon. Helping so many people. Being responsible for their care and sharing her story are some of those reasons, in my opinion. Despite the sad parts, I think it was a very positive thing to read. I am grateful to have read it. I hope others can do the same.