remembering

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the destruction of the Japanese city of Hiroshima at the hands of the United States and a nuclear bomb.

I revisit the story of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes each year. It is sobering and bittersweet.

And this website is filled with information to help us remember what happened, because we mustn't ever forget. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park sponsors the annual 6 August Peace Memorial Ceremony. 

Perhaps as the quiet of evening settles around your place, you might join me in lighting a candle of remembrance and take a few minutes to consider our place in that chapter of world history.