Category Archives: Family Relations
Who Stole My Money Away?
On the impacts of dementia on the family members who took care of the elderly, translated… A couple of years ago, since my father-in-law passed, my mother-in-law who was mobilized, refused to let the nurse’s aide stay, she’d, rather live … 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
Paying Someone the Kindness Shown to Us Double
The misunderstandings, the misinterpretations, that’s, caused everybody to get on one another’s bad side, simply because, what was expected, was NOT spoken aloud!!! Translated… Forty years ago, my eldest brother who was two years out of the services, still hadn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged No Good Deeds Go Unpunished, the Unspoken "Rules" of Family Interactions
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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
Life, the Obstacle Course 