and up comes the sun......

Good morning children,
well the sun is coming up and it is going to be a tall day of simpleness and kids if I have anything to do with it. Today is earmarked as my Grand-daughter's right from the git. And since it's a tall day of kids I thought it would be ok to maybe say a prayer or two and visit a few other kids present and past that aren't as lucky as the one's who will hopefully be splashing around in my back yard pool in a few hours.......and right there on that note here is my first visit for this morning ....





ARTICLE
Last goodbye
The Yomiuri Shimbun
A hearse carrying the body of 7-year-old Erika Tomaru, who died last week after being sucked into a pipe in a pool in Fujimino, Saitama Prefecture, drives Saturday around the playground of the primary school she attended. The car drove by Kotesashi Primary School in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, before taking her body to a funeral hall to let her schoolmates bid farewell. About 400 students and teachers from the school joined their hands in prayer as the vehicle passed.
(Aug. 6, 2006)

CRISSCROSS news and opinion
Ibaraki woman arrested for suffocating 3-year-old granddaughter
A 3-year-old girl died Sunday as a result of suffocation after being abused by her 50-year-old grandmother in Kona, Ibaraki Prefecture. Police arrested Akiko Kikuchi on suspicion of inflicting injuries resulting in the death of her granddaughter Kiseki Higuchi.
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Let me say my heart to the families and we should all hug our children a little closer today.
then I turn my attention to today's date and I would like to also extend my heart to all survivors and family's of the 1945 Bomb blasts and to tell Mr. Yasugi I am sorry............

A-bomb survivors leery of battleship hype
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, have mixed feelings about the recent interest in the battleship Yamato, another symbol of World War II, which was built in a dockyard in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture.
The number of visitors to the Yamato Museum in Kure exceeded 2 million in July, reflecting the box-office success of the war movie "Yamato," which earned 5 billion yen in theaters.
But for Yasuo Yasugi, a 78-year-old former crew member of the giant battleship, the museum is not the place where his strongest wartime memory rests.
Yasugi was walking along a riverbank in Hiroshima the day after the bomb explosion when someone suddenly grabbed his right leg.
"Give me water, please," a boy said in a faint voice. ...........................(read more)


Hiroshima marks 61st anniversary of atomic bombing with call for nuclear disarmament
The city of Hiroshima held a memorial service on Sunday to mark the 61st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing in World War II, with Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba calling on all nations to "faithfully" engage in nuclear disarmament negotiations. In a Peace Declaration read at the memorial service, Akiba expressed concern over stalled moves toward nuclear elimination and said he expects Japan, the only country to experience the devastation of nuclear warfare, to take a forceful role in such a global ...
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on that day the president made a decision who's ethical standing still reverberates today as
strong as it did then.............

....we should remember the names of all the children lost.........and contemplate the ideas and advancements that were lost that day in two blinding flashes of white fire.....we must try to fathom based on beauty created today what could have been if the packages were never delivered.......

.....here is some thing beautiful to help with that....

Arts & Entertainment SEA LIFE AS NIGHTLIFETokyo's New Aquarium Is a Hit With Adults (June 13, 2005)
A tunnel where visitors can walk underneath sharks and other creatures (Epson Aqua Stadium)
One of Tokyo's newest attractions is an amusement center on the grounds of an exclusive hotel, combining a public aquarium with a concert hall, a bowling alley, a movie theater, and restaurants. The Epson Aqua Stadium opened in April at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel on a prime piece of real estate located a mere two-minute walk from Shinagawa Station. As well as families, the complex is attracting couples and groups of adults keen to experience Tokyo's latest fun night out.
No Ordinary Aquarium The aquarium tanks at the ¥9.2 billion facility ($87 million at ¥105 to the dollar) hold a total of 4,130 tons of water and are home to about 20,000 sea creatures of 300 different species. One of the central attractions is the circular dolphin pool, which has a diameter of 25 meters. Its 1,350 seats are laid out to encircle the pool completely, making the dolphin shows all the more exciting for the audience. At the sea lion pool, meanwhile, the charm of these animals can be appreciated during their performances from the 393 spectator seats. Epson Aqua Stadium projects that it will receive a whopping 2 million visitors in its first year. ...........................read more


as we rise onto the brink of a new atomic era.........we should not forget the real reason that the world should be laying down it's arms........and that as Americans we owe the world a great debt for the woe we have wrought in our time of warlords and power seekers........our place in history will greatly depend on how we stance ourselves in today's theater of conflict..........
I want the modern world and the new generations to be able to reach the heights we all know is capable in our human existence...........
.....and that they never have to fear a repeat of history's mistakes....
alright children.....the sun is up strong and it is only a matter of time until the kids are bouncing down into their new day......they don't know the gravity of the world's events past or present.......and had no part in creating the web of disaster that exists elsewhere.......but I will pay their dues today as I hover above them......for I am the one who can see the fragility of the gift God gives......I will teach them love and understanding.....and strength and speed.....and one day it is they who will turn the wheels of fate.....and I hope for me I am there embedded in the choices they make.....
peace on earth
I'll be back..........