http://www.shelleyandjohn.com/?p=893 Wed, 30 Mar 2022 08:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.shelleyandjohn.com/?p=893#comment-101 Jenny Fri, 09 Nov 2012 03:46:52 +0000 http://www.shelleyandjohn.com/?p=893#comment-101 I'm in the process of catching up on your travels. I was very interested to hear about your time in Japan. By the way, you guys look fantastic! :) Miss you both!! I’m in the process of catching up on your travels. I was very interested to hear about your time in Japan.
By the way, you guys look fantastic! Miss you both!!

]]> http://www.shelleyandjohn.com/?p=893#comment-50 Erika Webb Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:52:51 +0000 http://www.shelleyandjohn.com/?p=893#comment-50 Amazing! I know the time I spent in Nagasaki will stay with me for my life time, and hopefully beyond my own since I teach about it most years. While there, I kept wondering if the Japanese were mad at me for being a part of the force that had destroyed so many lives. There is no way to explain the magnitude of an atomic bomb other than seeing first-hand the scope and scale of damage that remain so many years later---but instead I was so impressed by their willingness to acknowledge the complexity of conflict and seek to learn and teach from the past rather than spread blame or refuse to apologize. Very unlike the kinds of conversations that often occur here, especially during election season, regarding our own country's role in conflicts around the world. By the way, did you get a chance to visit an onsen? Another life-changer for me :) Amazing! I know the time I spent in Nagasaki will stay with me for my life time, and hopefully beyond my own since I teach about it most years. While there, I kept wondering if the Japanese were mad at me for being a part of the force that had destroyed so many lives. There is no way to explain the magnitude of an atomic bomb other than seeing first-hand the scope and scale of damage that remain so many years later—but instead I was so impressed by their willingness to acknowledge the complexity of conflict and seek to learn and teach from the past rather than spread blame or refuse to apologize. Very unlike the kinds of conversations that often occur here, especially during election season, regarding our own country’s role in conflicts around the world. By the way, did you get a chance to visit an onsen? Another life-changer for me

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