Category Archives: Family Relations

The Day We Harvested the Taros

An ordinary day, of farm work, during the outbreaks of MERS-CoV, translated… “The taros will rot away if we don’t harvest them, muala, come help”, on this morning, as I was getting that egg pancake out of the pan, kayngu … Continue reading

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The Room that’s Filled Up with the Feel of Home

A mother who’d never been there when you were growing up, and you’d, realized that the painting you’d made was only, make-believe, translated… “Ahhhhhhhhhh, I’d, forgotten, something”, sitting in the car, I suddenly, recalled. “What is it?”, dad inquired. “nothing, … Continue reading

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Two Cups of Lattes

The times we shared…so precious, especially now, more than ever!  Translated… Beneath the gold-rimmed round glasses, the black eyes shone bright, from within the blue mask came the crisp voice, “The usual, two cups of lattes?”, agilely, worked the cash … Continue reading

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A Room for the Elders

The relationships of the family members, in the, generations, how much love there is, in this, family here, translated… These Rooms, Designed for the Elders, are Normally Located on the First Floor, with the Squarish Shape, and Small Space, Center … Continue reading

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Living Life Well with the Limitations

Ways to help the demented elderly individuals, live with a good quality of life, after the diagnosis, translated… My husband who’s elderly, had been diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia last July by the N.T.U. Hospital.  Followed the advices of the … Continue reading

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Dad’s Having a Relapse Again…the Sweet Burdens, Tolerate it with Love

The thoughts that stayed, out of the love for his children and families, even as this elderly man became, demented already, from the Front Page Sections, translated… Entering into August now, other than the Tokyo Olympic that everybody’s zooming in … Continue reading

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The P.A. in the E.R.

If the hired foreign nurses are kind to your next-of-kin, then, you are, most likely to, reciprocate that same kindness back to those whom you’d, hired to take care of, your loved ones, translated… After my maternal grandmother’s funeral, our … Continue reading

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The Scattered Pieces of Jewelry

An heirloom jewelry passed down from your mother to you, and now, to your own, children and, hopefully, they will, pass it down, to their own, young too!  Translated… My mother was born before 1911, lived as the citizen of … Continue reading

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Who Do You Want as Your Mom?

Interactions with her son who has Asperger’s, the interesting things that comes up in their day-to-day life together, translated… As a young child, I’d, often imagined, “if so-and-so’s mom is my mom, that would be, wonderful………”, then, there would be … Continue reading

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The Reasonable Elderly Woman We Have Here at Home

The elderly woman, is really avant-garde in her belief all right, not pushing her son to have a grandchild, and, there are a TON of middle generation parents who are still, holding strong to the beliefs of, children MUST procreate, … Continue reading

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