i met a woman on a visit to saipan recently whose home had been mostly destroyed by a typhoon.he sheltered under her recently replaced roof waiting for the rest of her home to be rebuilt. she had moved her bed into her kitchen and it did most of her cooking on an outdoor stove while the rest of her house was pretty much unusable. while i was there that week, the repairs on her house were finally wrapping up. when i asked her why she did all this, why she stayed and why she never left, why she did not seek out the resources that were available for her, like temporary housing, her answer was very simple. "this is my home, this is where i want to stay." she was determined to stay and she did. i tell this story because, to me, this is what personal resilience can look like. grit, determination, and a willingness to make it work, regardless of the circumstances. i also heard another great example of community resilience a few weeks ago during a meeting i had with tribal leaders. there, i heard a story about the native village in alaska not only has a newfound understanding of what f