Category Archives: Family Dynamics
Burdened, with the Stories
Burdened, with the stories, we all are, not of our own, oh no, we are, used to, carrying our own stories on our backs, it’s, those stories that weren’t, ours, to begin with, that we’re, forced, to carry that’s, become, … Continue reading
The Happenings of the Weatherings of Life Through Our Years of Interactions
A treasure map of the memories here, translated… The Friendships Started Changing Back Then I’d been estranged from my own older sister since I was very young, my parents took me and my younger brother to live in the city … Continue reading
The Sound of My Children, Coming Down the Stairs
On filial relations, translated… After work, sometime, I’d buy the supper, or the groceries on my way home. At this time, it’s, already past dusk, and the children are all home, doing their assignments now. I live on the fourth … Continue reading
Can Two Separate Families Become One?
The story on the possibility of forming a stepfamily, let’s see, how they’d, “blended”, translated… Looking at the children before me, picking up the branches, squatted down by the fossil play zones, attempted to dig up the row of jagged … Continue reading
Grandma on Call
This is, your SECOND chance at being a caretaker of a young child, and because you’d missed out on your own son’s childhood years, naturally, you’re NOT going to let this chance slip on by, are you??? Naturally not! Translated… … Continue reading
Keep Ourselves Connected with the Pointless Conversations
Bonding, between father and sons, translated… “Do you want me to bite my hand hard, to call my older brother back home for you?”, my youngest son asked. In the Ichibangai Street in Tokyo train station without wi-fi, the four … Continue reading
The Symphony of My Parents’ Lives
Our lives together, translated… My parents are in their eighties now, and they’d still, had small arguments over the unimportant matters in life. That day I’d called mom, she’d started, pouring her heart out to me as dad wasn’t beside … Continue reading
No Communication Gaps Between Us Mother & Sons
Being open to new things, this, is how parents can relate to their children better, like this mother did, translated… Awhile ago, the mother of a student called, and asked me about the time slot of her son’s exams; I’d … Continue reading