Today my monthly period started. It surprised me because it came one week earlier than my scheduled date. My monthly period usually come regularly.  If there are some irregularity, they are within 2 to 3 days range, but not like this month; one week irregularity.

I know this is one of aging processes. My body is slowly adjusting the amount of my female hormone. This process is called menopause. I want to humbly accept and respect in my body’s change, instead of being freaking out to the change.

I remember somebody told me this.

— Aging process gives us a great opportunity to accept. —

I think this is very true.

We all take our good health for granted in our younger years. Toward the end of our life, as a preparation to leave this life, aging process happens slowly. And the all aging processes seem to be new to us. We feel scared to the new changes. This happens only if we see things from human beings’ perspective.

Let us see this process from the spirits’ perspective. They are happy for us to go through the aging process; which happens at the latter half of human life. Because it simply means the day for us to go back to our true hometown is coming closer. Our true hometown is our spiritual hometown where we truly belong.

Humans’s life is short, from the perspective of spirits.

Let’s live our life to the most. Let’s cherish every moment in this lifetime.

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Recently my family spirits let me have some visions. They were a vision of fish, a vision of omega 6, and a vision of EPA supplement.

It was a very straightforward message for me.

When I started researching an EPA supplement that is best fit for me, I soon found one. It looked shining to me. I purchased it with the good amount for one year.

I started taking it from today.

I look forward to my next lab test results in regard to triglyceride and cholesterol levels. I hope this supplement will be great help for me.  

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I woke up from a nightmare in the middle of the night. Yesterday while we were waiting for my car repair, we had some food at the restaurant. Nowadays every time I eat animal meat at restaurant, I am suffered from a nightmare. I felt this morning’s nightmare was due to the beef I ate yesterday.

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My daughter woke up feeling sick. She had a bad tummy ache. She could not eat anything for breakfast. She could barely drink some water.

I called her school to notice she would stay home today.

During all morning she had suffered from vomiting and having a diarrhea. It was obviously a symptom of food poisoning. We had the same food at the restaurant yesterday.

In the afternoon my daughter got well and started eating normally. It was amazing that she got well from food poisoning that fast. Typically it takes 2-3 days to completely heal from food poisoning.

Both of my daughter and I were reacted to the food at the restaurant. I had a nightmare and my daughter had food poisoning. Luckily my husband was totally fine all day today.

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It was not fun to get sick, but at least it gives us an opportunity to appreciate our good health. It is an opportunity to take time to appreciate our body to function well every day.

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Back in March I received a recall notice letter from my car’s manufacture. The recall was about the airbag of the passenger seat. The letter recommends the car owner not to let anybody sit in the passenger’s seat until the replacement airbag is installed by the car dealer.

I called the local dealer to make an appointment, but they were already full with appointments in March and April. I needed to wait for more than two months. The earliest appointment I could take was today.

My family and I went to the car dealer. When we arrived, there was a long waiting line for the recall repair.

The mechanic told us the repair would take four hours. They offered us a loaner so that we can do some chores while waiting. Our appointment time was 1:30 pm. By the time we finally got to talk with the mechanic, it was already 2:30 pm. The mechanic said the service department will close at 6 pm. In case it takes longer than four hours, we might have to go back home with the loaner and come back tomorrow to pick up my car.

I didn’t like the idea to come back tomorrow by myself. It takes 1.5 hour from my house to the car dealer. I will feel uncomfortable to drive a loaner alone for such a long way.

I mentioned about my situation to the mechanic and asked him to finish it as soon as possible. He promised me that he would do his best.

An interesting thing happen.

When I saw his smiling face, I had a clear vision in my mind that we are going back home with my car, earlier than we think. I gave him a big smile back, and left for the closest mall to kill the waiting time.

While we were shopping in the mall, I got a phone call from the car dealer. The mechanic gave me a good news. They are just done working on my car.

My intuition was right. It was much earlier than we expected. It was before 4 pm.

We came back home safely by my car installed the replacement airbag. Now I can have somebody sit in my passenger’s seat safely.

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I have taken microbiotic online course from Japanese company since last September.

Recently they had taken survey to their students and posted the results. They posted all the good feedback from the survey. Everybody mentioned their great improvements in their physical health as well as emotional health.

As for me I have been making efforts since last September. Every time I learned something new from the online course, I have incorporated them in my daily life. I have drastically changed my diet pattern since January of 2017.

I can see improvements in my cooking ability. I stay in the kitchen cooking and preparing food much longer than before. However I don’t see any drastic improvements in my diabetes condition. My triglyceride has not been improved.

I mentioned my honest feedback to the company owner. I didn’t expect him to take any further step. Two days later I received a reply from him. He forwarded my email to the instructor, and the instructor asked me to submit her my food diary for two weeks. She said she might be some help with the food diary.

I was surprised at their kind offer. I never thought the instructor would offer me any help, as she seems to be super busy.

I appreciate them for their kind offer. I am willing to be honest on my food diary, so that she can find anything I could not notice.

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I wanted to buy a gas stove. I already did some research through the Internet. Based on the information, there are two options for us; on either buying a whole new set of gas stove with gas oven, or a stove-top only. The former option will cost us over $1,000 just for a product. The latter option will cost us within $300. I knew I should not buy these products online, because we will need to buy extra, such as a gas valve and a gas hose to connect to the product. Also we will need a professional plumber to connect the gas line and the electricity.

My family and I went to two different home improvement retailers.

At both stores, they didn’t carry the latter optioned products. They only had the former optioned products. We found out we will need to pay around $1,500 including the materials and the plumber.

When we mentioned we are currently renting a house, the both store workers suggested we ask the owner to switch it to a gas stove. I was a bit surprised. I thought it might be too bold to ask the owner. But they think it is normal to ask the owner. Interestingly they both said it would go well. While I was listening to them, for some reasons, I felt strong feeling that I should ask the owner anyway. Also, I felt positive feeling that it would go smoothly.

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When I came back home, I prayed and asked support to my family spirits. Then, I texted to my realtor about that. The realtor quickly replied back to me. She said she would talk to the owner about that.

We will have to wait for their reply. It might take a while. At least I am glad that we have taken one step on the road to a gas stove.

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This morning I had a dream of a green turtle. The small green turtle was swift in moving around, but I successfully caught it in my hand.

Then I woke up.

I knew this was a message from my family spirits. I knew the green turtle was sent as a messenger representing a good health.

I have started cooking with gas fire for 8 days so far. My family spirits like the idea of cooking with fire.

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This evening my husband and daughter attended a science fair at the school. I always appreciate the school for offering a variety of events for the students and parents to enjoy.

I left behind at the house and talked with my mom in Japan over the phone.

It was always great to know that my parents are doing fine. Even though they are suffering many inconveniences compared with their younger and healthier days, they still can live in their house without anybody’s help. They can walk around the house and eat whatever they want.

Now that I can totally understand how precious they can keep their normal routine.

It was another peaceful day.

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In Japan they are in the middle of Golden week. This year most people are enjoying a 10-days’ vacation.

That being said, according to my Japanese parents and friends, there are some people who already miss their normal routine. I can easily imagine how they feel. In my last 10 years in Japan, I was working as a temporary worker. Since I was not a full time worker from a company, I was not paid during any holidays. During such long holidays, we saw nothing but long waiting lines and traffic jams everywhere.

I am glad I am not suffering the same situation anymore.   

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Currently I have been studying two online courses from Japanese company. The two classes are from the same company. They teach macrobiotics for its theory and actual cooking recipe. I like both of their courses.

I have wanted to take their advanced course. I didn’t purchase it because I thought the fee is a bit high. Thus, I had been wishing they would reduce the course fee. I was planning to purchase the course once the fee is dropped down.

My small wish naturally came true today.

The company owner sent out a notification via email. They decided to have a campaign of their online courses for a limited term to celebrate our new Emperor and new era.

They offered a 20% discount. The company owner made a small mistake. He posted the wrong amount in his email notification. Later he recognized his mistake, but he accepted the lower amount. So, the course fee ended up being discounted by 30% from the original amount.  

Furthermore, they added a small gift to people who purchase their courses in this campaign term. The small gift is a box of fresh organic vegetables. Since I cannot receive fresh produces sent from Japan, they accepted my request to send it to my friend in Japan. Even though I cannot eat their vegetables, I am so happy for my friend and her family to be able to enjoy them.

I considered this campaign as a gift from my family spirits. Not to mention that I purchased their advanced course right away. I look forward to learning more knowledge through their courses.

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On Sunday night, my daughter’s lips started getting slightly red. I thought it was simply due to dry skin and would be healed by itself.

On the following morning, Monday morning, it was not bad at all. It was still slightly red, but hardly noticeable.

However, every time after she went to school, her lips got worse and worse.

On Monday afternoon, when I picked her up at school, it already became noticeable.

Then, on Yesterday afternoon, Tuesday afternoon, when I picked her up at school, my daughter had pain in her lips. Obviously it got much worse than the morning. It was painful for me just to look at her swollen lips.

After I came back home yesterday, I sent an email to my daughter’s teacher and asked for some advice about the swollen lips. I was not sure if the teacher could read my email in the evening or not.

An amazing miracle happened. She must have been sitting in front of computer and reading her emails, right at the moment when I sent her an email. She replied back to me instantly, with lots of helpful information.

She said it is pretty common among young children. They get it after having a cold. It also can happen due to allergic reaction or low immune system. Her son used to get it very often when he was around this age. The teacher also mentioned there are three to four students in her class at this moment, who have the swollen lips. She told me not to worry because it will eventually go away. That being said, some children make the situation worse. Whenever they get embarrassed or stressed out about it, they bite off their lips or lick their lips off.

While I was reading her email, I had a strong feeling that my daughter needs to rest up in order to heal her lips. As long as she goes to school, other students and adults will freely ask about her swollen lips. That makes her feel embarrassed and stressed out. That is the main reason why her lips are getting worse and worse every time she goes to school.

I asked the teacher if I could have my daughter rest up for the following day. The teacher agreed with my idea.   

I ended our conversation by telling her I will have my daughter decide if she wants to go to school or stay home tomorrow.

It was very nice of her for giving me those inputs.

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Fast-forwarded to this morning.

Right after my daughter woke up this morning, she said she wanted to stay home. She actually felt sick. She had headache and sore throat. Her nose was stuffed. Her swollen lips were still there.

So, my daughter stayed home and had enough resting today. Her lips got much better.

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