One year...

March 11th marked the 1 year anniversary of the 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in northern Japan. It's one thing hearing about it on the news, but it's another to come here and hear the stories of people who lived through it.

One lady's young daughter was home alone and scared to death when the earthquake happened. Another lady told me you were constantly scared [about the nuclear power plant meltdown] and you never knew what would happen from one day to the next. To this day, there is still tons of debris from the disaster. Japan has done a good job of clearing most of the disaster area, but much remains to be done. Residents are still living in temporary housing units, which are no bigger than the size of an American walk-in closet.

There's some serious talks that an earthquake that size can strike right underneath Tokyo (and close to us) and Japan has made some amazing predictions regarding this potential devastating quake.

It's just all so scary and so sad. I wish (as I do most of the time), that I had something deep and profound to say....but I don't....just know that Japan is still working to recover.