I feel so helpless watching the images and footage, yet all I can do is sit here and pray. Pray that the toll will not climb any higher, pray that the aftershocks will stop. Pray, that this will all soon fade in to a memory for them, and that things will if not go back to normal, then go back to a state of peace and calm.

I thank god, my family and friends who were in Japan were all safe and now back home where they're sure to be safe from further harm... yet my heart goes out to all those who are still there, who have nowhere to go, and who have no idea what has befell their friends and family members.

The lives lost, the homes razed, the panic and chaos that ensued... no one deserves that, no one.