There is little that I can do about Japan at the moment. It is a disaster on a scale that has made me do something that I didn't think I would. I have turned off the news. I now won't allow Levi to watch. I think that it's fine that he knows what is going on in the world but the sensational images coming out of Japan at the moment, don't belong at 6pm. I am happy to talk about life and death with Levi, probably more than most mothers, but the enormity of this scale blows my mind, let alone for a five year old who doesn't really get that he is safe in Australia from earthquakes, and safe in Samford from Tsunamis.
I have really no ability to help out either financially. But thanks to my brother Jack, we can help out in other ways. This is Takane and Sophie. Sophie has a Caucasian dad as you can see. They are here to wait out nuclear disasters and disasters. Sophie is in Grade six and the schools are currently on Spring Break in Japan. The safest thing was to fly somewhere really safe; somewhere sitting right in the middle of a tectonic plate, so the biggest earthquake happens when a truck drives past. So we get to have them for a bit. It will be great for Levi. He will have a little mate and he can learn in a very safe controlled way, both about the disasters in Japan and what ordinary, poor people can sometimes do to help!
It has been great already. They both speak English very well and if they are here for any length of time, I think we will work to get Sophie to school with Levi. It might actually extend the education to the whole school, which would be a lovely thing.
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