I was trying so hard to be happy for Japan with the recent news of their hosting the 2020 Olympics. I want to be happy for them, they have so much saddest recently. But for those of us who were in Tokyo just 2 years 9 months ago, promising that everything will be "safe" for the Olympics seems unreal. The darken subways, the closed airports, sending food to friends in Tokyo, fear of stopping anywhere along the highway near Fukushima, everyday folks scrapping money together to buy radiation detectors and such still haunt us. Japan could use some good news, but with such unsettling news that continues coming out of Fukushima and their nuclear reactor issues, it gives one poise.With so many of my dear friends in Japan, here's hoping this it all works out.

A grateful Japan....