What Mie Said.

I am tired and about to go to bed. I just got off the phone with Mie Tsuji. She is the mother of one of my students, Shigetomo (whom I call Tom). She suffers from Collagen disease, a very severe and debilitating form of arthritis. As the weather gets colder, her condition worsens. This time of year and through the winter, she is practically bedridden. And she is still in her 30s.

But through it all, she keeps a smile on her face. And as we got off the phone, she said to me, "Wayne, take care of your body...It is a gift from God."