Thanks to everyone who checked in on our safety after last Friday's earthquake. The Barton family is doing fine, and so are our neighbors and friends. We're seeing some really awful images coming out of Myanmar, where things are much worse. Thailand is usually known for its hot weather, and we don't get tornadoes or quakes, but we do get a lot of flooding. I was really struck by the many security videos posted online where nurses in swaying high-rises were instinctively protecting the babies and sick people, not even thinking about their own safety. And that building collapse with 90 workers is just heartbreaking. We'll probably get some aftershocks, but hopefully they'll be pretty minor.
On a personal note, Emilie's started clarinet lessons. Every Friday, she goes to music school, starting with saxophone, then drums, then lunch, and finally clarinet. She gets along really well with her teachers. Khwan and Emilie used to grab lunch at a big mall near the school, and if it hadn't been for the extra clarinet lesson, they would've been in the mall during the quake, which would've been pretty scary. Emilie said she was on the third floor of the school during her clarinet lesson when the building started swaying, and she and her teacher had no idea what was happening. Her saxophone teacher rushed up to get them out. Emilie now thinks her clarinet is lucky.
Paul Barton
Thanks to everyone who checked in on our safety after last Friday's earthquake. The Barton family is doing fine, and so are our neighbors and friends. We're seeing some really awful images coming out of Myanmar, where things are much worse. Thailand is usually known for its hot weather, and we don't get tornadoes or quakes, but we do get a lot of flooding. I was really struck by the many security videos posted online where nurses in swaying high-rises were instinctively protecting the babies and sick people, not even thinking about their own safety. And that building collapse with 90 workers is just heartbreaking. We'll probably get some aftershocks, but hopefully they'll be pretty minor.
On a personal note, Emilie's started clarinet lessons. Every Friday, she goes to music school, starting with saxophone, then drums, then lunch, and finally clarinet. She gets along really well with her teachers. Khwan and Emilie used to grab lunch at a big mall near the school, and if it hadn't been for the extra clarinet lesson, they would've been in the mall during the quake, which would've been pretty scary. Emilie said she was on the third floor of the school during her clarinet lesson when the building started swaying, and she and her teacher had no idea what was happening. Her saxophone teacher rushed up to get them out. Emilie now thinks her clarinet is lucky.
Thank you again for your concern.
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