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Everything is connected. Everything is changing. These concepts came up because I’ve read some of my friends’ email talking about their loved one going through their aging process. It includes my mother and even myself. It is our destiny that all the living creatures go through. Once we are born, we all go forward toContinue reading “Taking turns 7/16/2017”

I don’t like my current body weight. I feel myself heavy and ugly. I was not like that in my younger days. While I was young, I used to like my face and body. I used to brag about my high metabolism. I never needed to control my diet or daily exercise. Even after IContinue reading “Changing my mind 7/15/2017”

Now that I decided to go back to Japan to see my parents, I have spent these days feeling lighter than before. This made me realize my former concept was wrong. My former and wrong concept was about my mom. I had many traumatic issues with my mother. I had felt scared of seeing myContinue reading “Not leaving any unfinished business 7/14/2017”

I subscribe a newsletter from 幻冬舎 (Gentosha Inc; Japanese publisher). I always look forward to their newsletter. Whenever I receive it, no matter how I am busy, I make time to read it.   I love their newsletter because it starts from a short letter to readers from the representative. It is around 300 lettersContinue reading “Making someone’s day brighter 7/13/2017”

When I was in 20s and 30s (1990s and 2000s), I frequently took an airplane for both domestic and foreign trips. Those days the travel by an airplane was not hard for me at all. There are many reasons for me to say that. The biggest reason is the price. Since there were many flightsContinue reading “Changes 7/12/2017”

I was looking for an airplane ticket to go back to Japan. I had spent almost all day for two days. I am so exhausted. Three days ago, one travel agency offered me a reasonable price. I was satisfied with the price. They could hold on the price for one day, and I was supposedContinue reading “Airplane tickets 7/11/2017”

Today I went to the dental appointment. It was supposed to an easy fixing. However, when the doctor started drilling my teeth, he found out my cavity was deeper and worse than he thought. He ended up drilling a lot, almost everything of my teeth. In America, dentists use more amount of anesthetic than inContinue reading “Not again 7/10/2017”

The other day I received an email from my Japanese mom saying she had a heart attack. She had a heart surgery and stayed two weeks in hospital. She told me this after she got recovered. I thought about her and cried for days. I felt bad about myself that I was not there toContinue reading “Decision to go 7/9/2017”

I had always thought I am good at teaching. Since I was young, I dealt with teaching. During my university and the graduate school days, I worked as a private school teacher and a tutor, teaching a variety of aged children from kindergarteners to high school seniors. I taught English and Math. I liked teachingContinue reading “Being a teacher 7/8/2017”

In today’s dream, I was carrying a car and crossing a shallow river where the water level was around my ankle. The people around me was supportive. They did not cheer me with loud voice; rather, they constantly sent me support and encouragement energetically. I knew it was not in the planet Earth. I was inContinue reading “Carrying a car 7/7/2017”