With all the natural calamities happening left and right, the government has been issuing advisories that every household make a disaster preparedness kit for each member of the family. It consists of a waterproof bag with a set of clothes, extra batteries for gadgets (cellphones, radios), water for 24 hours, medical supplies (First Aid kit and medicines), important copies of documents (passports, birth certificates, etc) and slippers. I have not been able to do it for all of us, maybe because I am still in somewhat denial that it will happen to my family.

All of it has changed when my kids’ school advised that they have their own kit in their classrooms when school starts. Suddenly I am scared for me and my kids.