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it was 10 years ago today when the tsunami hit Japan. \u00a0that day will be etched in my mind forever. \u00a0i can still remember where i was in the ocean in Palau, and i can still remember seeing the first images on tv when i got back to my room. \u00a0that was surreal because i would never think something like that would ever happen in my lifetime. \u00a0then when i got to Japan, everything sank in 10x more. \u00a0being from Hawaii, i was emotionless. \u00a0i didn’t know how to react, i didn’t know what to say, and i didn’t know how to feel. \u00a0trying to stay positive and strong in front of everybody, then feeling so sad that i’d be crying myself to sleep at night.<\/p>\n
but then i start to see hope, i start to meet amazing people, then i started to connect with people like i’ve never connected before. \u00a0everyday would be a challenge, but everyday things would get better. \u00a0the smiles came back, the hope was filling the air, and the people of Japan were starting to rebuild right in front of my eyes. \u00a0we ended up going on 10 missions and as each would end, we all would kind of grow together as a family. \u00a0some lost more than others, some lost less, and some didn’t lose at all. \u00a0but in the end, we were all ONE!<\/p>\n
that day changed my life. \u00a0it made me realize how precious every day and every moment is. \u00a0i haven’t taken things for granted since. \u00a0i appreciate my family and friends much more then i ever did. \u00a0so 10 years later, i would like to say hello to my friends i’ve met along the way. \u00a0i haven’t seen many in a while, but they are always in my heart. \u00a0hope to see you all again very soon, but in the meantime, please take care, keep healthy, and enjoy each and every moment of your life. \u00a0miss you guys…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
it was 10 years ago today when the tsunami hit Japan. \u00a0that day will be etched in my mind forever. \u00a0i can still remember where i was in the ocean in Palau, and i can still remember seeing the first images on tv when i got back to my room. \u00a0that was surreal because i […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-117058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirbyblog"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117058"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117063,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117058\/revisions\/117063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}