Through the Quake

Through the Quake

"Mom, what's wrong?" I asked. "Something big has happened, Kevin," my mom responds. "There's been an earthquake."

I felt a sense of fear shiver down my spine as the more news kept coming in about the earthquake.

The days following the earthquake were filled with uncertainty and chaos. Many of my classmates didn't come to school because their homes had been damaged or destroyed. The school itself had to close for a few days because of structural damage. I was worried about my friends' home and where they were going to stay.

"I remember feeling like the world was completely different after the earthquake," I said. "Everything felt shaky and unstable, and I didn't know what was going to happen next."

Despite the fear and uncertainty, my family was lucky. Their home wasn't damaged, and they were able to stay safe and secure. In the months and years that followed, the community worked together to rebuild and recover from the earthquake

Looking back on the experience now, I say that it was a defining moment in his childhood. "I learned a lot about resilience and the importance of coming together as a community in the face of a crisis," he says. "And even though it was scary and uncertain at the time, I'm grateful for the lessons that I learned and the perspective that it gave me."