At the age of 28, I often thought of my passion. My passion at that time was to explore America.
Up until then I have visited America four times.
My first trip to America was when I was 20 years old. I participated a home-stay program. I stayed for one month at the volunteered host family in California. My second was our family vacation when I was 22 years old. We went for sightseeing in San Francisco and Las Vegas. My third was with my friend when I was 23 years old. We visited my American friend in San Diego. My fourth was sightseeing in New York and Florida for our honeymoon trip with my ex-husband.
I clearly knew my passion was not to visit tourist spots for sightseeing nor shopping. My passion is to meet local people and learn their way of living.
I thought it was time for me to travel America alone. I took a one-week vacation in the summer of 1998. I purchased an airplane ticket and flew to Los Angeles. I had only one night hotel reservation for my first night. The remainder was left open. I wanted to go with the flow for my adventure.
On my arrival day at Los Angeles airport, I met one Japanese boy. He lived in Los Angeles and worked as the shuttle bus driver for the hotel that I stayed in my first night. We instantly fall in love at our first sight and started dating. Five months later since our first meeting, in December 1998, I took a two-week vacation and went to see him in Los Angeles. He took me to a road trip to Arizona. Our final destination was Navajo reservation. It was my first visit of Navajo reservation. There, we met a Navajo man and became friends with him.
I resigned my dad’s company at the end of 1998. In order to explore my life, I needed the environment to easily take a long vacation. I started working as a temporary worker for the American major computer company.
In March 1999, at the age of 29, my boyfriend-at-that-time and I visited our new Navajo friend. He let us stay in his home site for two weeks. There I met his family. His had his wife and two sons.
In March 2000, I separated from my boy-friend-at-that-time. I started visiting Navajoland alone from my fourth visit. I was working as a temporary worker to support my daily life and travel cost.
In February 2001, I met a German man at the job interview. He was the director of the German printing equipment company, looking for someone who could establish a Japanese branch with him. He hired me as the office worker. It was an unbelievably excited job position to establish a new company as a start-up member with him. Through the business trip opportunities, I visited many different place within Japan along with Germany and England. I enjoyed meeting new people from other countries. I was satisfied working with the high position and the high pay.
During such busy and exciting days working for the company, I started having vivid dreams. In my dreams, Navajoland was calling me to come back. I knew it was real. I knew I needed to go back to Navajoland soon.
I went back to Navajoland for a short vacation, a couple of times, while I was working as a full time for the German company. Every time I went back there, I wanted to stay longer.
I discussed with my director about my passions. My director encouraged me to follow my passion. So I resigned the company in 2003.
I started working as a temporary worker as an in-house translator at the water heater manufacture and the medical equipment manufacturer. I also worked as an interpreter for their new product introducing conference.
In 2006 and 2007, I visited Lakotaland as an interpreter for Japanese customers.
In July 2007, on my way back from Lakotaland to Japan, I stopped by at Arizona to visit my boyfriend-at-that-time. He proposed me for a marriage and I accepted his proposal.
In March 2008, he came to Japan and we got married in Japan.
In December 7th 2008, after eight months of the U.S. immigrant visa procedure, I moved to America.
In December 2009, I gave birth to our daughter.
For the last ten years, I settled in America with the help of my husband and my daughter.
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There is an interesting fact about Saturn Return.
Saturn Return occurs when the planet Saturn comes back to meet your natal Saturn. My first Saturn Return period was in March 1999. It was when I met my husband.
In my understanding, Saturn helps us to get back to the route of our original life mission. In my case, at that time, I almost forgot about my life mission. I tried hard to settle in Japan. My efforts included trying to become a president of my dad’s company, getting married to a Japanese man, and purchasing a house. None of them didn’t work well for me, because they were not on my life mission route. I was heading a wrong direction. I believe Saturn helped me to correct my life direction. And the most important start happened in my first Saturn Return, which was to meet my husband.
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I have another interesting fact.
The Navajo man whom I met in my first trip to Navajo reservation is now my dad-in-law. From the first day we met, he started calling me his daughter. Now I has become true.
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My Heisei period had brought me all the way to America. Although it was not easy, I am happy with my past journey. I appreciate to my family spirits and angels to have guided me to the place where I am at right now.
My life journey continues…
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