honor and favorites

Most of the time I don't have a clue what to put on here.  My wife makes it easy with the photos because she has been slaying that camera lately and I can't help but carry those over to here.  So what next?  Matching a photo, look, expression or story with the words on this spot can be at times...tough.

I have been super admired by the way the Japanese have handed their devastating past few days of destruction.  I don't think I have ever seen a country so united and so UN-selfish in my life.  We as Americans should be ashamed at the way our citizens reacted during Katrina compared to what their citizens are doing.  Leaving water on the shelf for the next person, vendors giving away free food and drink to the victims and salvage crews, stores dropping prices so those with little or no money can find away to afford them. 

Then take us...hurricane brings in knee deep water to one of our most famous cities and with in minutes people are looting stores and taking what they can because the world is ending....

I can only pray that if anything of that magnitude happens here... we will remember how a country thatwe once flat out destoryed at one point handled their crisis and look to them as an example.

But I don't have a lot of faith that we will.  Instead We have millionaires being paid to play football, by choice, and comparing it to "modern day slavery"  abnd baseball players demanding to get paid $300 million dollars to swing a bat.  Yeah I think they deserved to get paid, someone will pay them...but would they give even a penny to a town in need when that time comes?

Whatever, I should work today but I work today knowing that people in Japan are crushing this tragedy with an honor and pride I hope my kids...despite their expressions...can show to those around them in all that they do and in all their trials and tribulations. 

Until then...it is indeed MY FAVORITE SHIRT