Hearts and minds are filled with what has happened in Japan.
Everyone is thinking, praying, hoping...
Yesterday was the first time I had watched the news.
I knew what was going on...
I had read a dozen stories...
seen a dozen or so photos.
I had even watched a video or two.
But I hadn't watched any TV.
It utterly overwhelmed me.
I realized that without cable - I am getting a very small peek at what is going on.
To see it in HD, on a 52" TV...
the videos and clips...
rapid fire and unending.
From the people, to the water, to the fires, to the deaths...
where the people are life size...
and so is the rubble...
and then there are the children.
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| source: Reuters |
I know this photo has been seen everywhere.
I had seen it online.
But, I saw it again...
on the TV on Sunday...
and today at my parents.
It made me teary on Sunday.
Not just for all the horror going on around him...
but that he was so very brave.
I wondered if I could be that brave?
Then I wondered: What would Eva do?
And then today
Eva saw it.
She looked at the little boy, and raised her arms in the air.
Then she smiled and growled.
The was playing "monster" and thought he was too.
I hugged her and wished that he was just playing too.
4 comments:
I can't even fathom what has happened to Japan, and the story of your sweet Eva watching the sweet boy just makes it all the more real. Lots of prayers from across the way.
Saw your comment today on my blog - how wonderful your grandmothers name was Eva Marie as well :) My Nana is named Eva and My granny is named Marie thus Eva Marie.. I named my daughter Liv Marie (eva is her middle name) - Your daughter has a beautiful name :)
Nessa I have been avoiding pretty much all media regarding Japan and I feel like a coward but I simply can't take it right now. This photo kills me. All we can do sometimes is hug our own littles all that much tighter.
We don't have TV so I feel like I'm in a bit of a bubble when it comes to news. I have seen images online though and just cannot even begin to imagine what those people are going through. I selfishly pray that we never have to find out.
the photo, knowing exactly what's it's about, is so heartbreaking, and your little Eva, in her grand innocence, imitating the gesture is just so poignant and profound.
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