In this March 22 photo, Manami Kon, using Japanese hiragana characters she just learned, writes a letter for her mother who's still missing after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at the devastated city of Miyako, northeastern Japan. The 4-year-old Manami wrote, "Dear Mommy. I hope you're alive. Are you okay?" It took about an hour for her to finish it. Twenty days after the disaster that hit Japan's northeastern coast, her parents and a sister were still unaccounted for.
Just go read, please. Have hankies ready… because even for a tough guy like me — this one is a bit much. 😥
I hereby publicly retract what I wrote earlier on Japan. 🙁
I can be a heartless ass; but I am not THAT big of a heartless ass.
Prayers for this little Lady. Bless her.
(H/T to Michelle Malkin on Twitter)