Any given Friday, you might be sitting in a cubicle, wondering if there’s more to life. Your best friend might be lounging in a coffee shop, working on a crossword puzzle. Across town, your sister might be yelling at her kids to stop chasing the cat. In another city, your mother might be preparing tea for your father.
Any given Friday, a siren might sound and the ground might start shaking. Another siren might sound, warning you to seek higher ground because the water is coming.
There is no siren to announce the radiation, just endless warnings to stay indoors, even though you no longer have an indoors.
The waves take everything you’ve worked so hard for, but you barely even notice because all you care about — now and forever — are the mother, the father, the sister, the children, the best friend.
Your life might change forever, on any given Friday.
The American Red Cross had me on standby for possible deployment to Japan to help with the relief effort, but it looks like the Japanese are handling the situation. If you’re looking for a place to donate, click here.
This past Friday, I had a great time volunteering as an event photographer for music programs in D.C. public schools.
During my morning Starbucks run, I saw a woman reading a book titled How to be Rich by J. Paul Getty. It seems to be a topic of great interest to people so I thought I’d add my two cents. If you’re an American who would like to be rich, click here: volunteermatch.org
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