My mother with mental disorder seems to be forgetting many things from the past. She definitely liked shaved ice, however, it doesn’t interest her any more at present.
Kindness called forgetting/
Oh, shaved ice/
Translation and calligraphy by Tomoko
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精神を病んでいる母は、昔のことをどんどん忘れていっているようです。かき氷が大好きだったのに、今では興味も示しません。
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Do you often hug your mother? This kind of physical contact is not very common in Japanese parent-child relation. However, since my mother became mentally ill, it is a daily occurrence for us. Strangely enough, I no longer feel hesitant or shy to offer a hug or express my true feelings to her.
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お母さんを抱きしめたりしますか。私は、母が精神を病んでからというもの、しょっちゅう抱きしめています。そういうことや、心の底の本音を話し合うことが不思議に自然にできるようになりました。
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Since both my mother and myself caught the flue for the first time in years, I haven’t been able to post a new entry for long.
A child suffering from flu/
Insists/
Yokai ogre caused it/
Translation and calligraphy by Tomoko
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長い間、新しい記事を書けませんでした。母も私も何年かぶりにインフルエンザに罹ってしまいましたので。
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As in the evening of January 1st around seven o’clock my mother grew fretful like a little child, I put her on her wheel chair and we went out for a walk.
Then we found the crescent moon and the evening star beautifully shining. I straightforwardly admired my own mother for her expressing pure gratitude to the stars’ beauty.
Star and Moon/
Facing and smiling to each other/
To their beauty/
Mother/
Extended gratitude/
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元日の夕刻７時頃、母が子供のようにむずかるので、車椅子に乗せて散歩に出ました。
西の空に三日月と金星が向かい合って美しかったです。母がその美しさに対して感謝していて、素直に偉いなあと思いました。
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These are for my mother and myself wishing us have a very good first dream of the year.
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いい初夢が見られますように。母の分と２枚です。
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These are for my mother’s longtime best friend who always cares about my mother.
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いつも母を気遣ってくださる母の旧いお友達のために二人で書きました。
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December 13 has been supposed to be the day when people start preparation for the New Year. I put mother’s work and mine at the entrance of our house.
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今日は１２月１３日で、事始め。玄関に母の作品と一緒に飾りました。
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The couple next door to us have been really kind and considerate to both my mother and me. Yesterday, my mother and I practiced calligraphy for the first time in months. The photo shows what she wrote for them, including as you see, something out of season.
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お隣のご夫妻は母と私に本当に良くしてくださいます。昨日は母と久しぶりにお稽古をしましたが、母は写真の色紙などをお隣さんのために書きました。中には季節外れのものもありますが。
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This festive event has now firmly fixed in Japan. I somehow have a liking for the ornaments of witches, wizards, pumpkins and what not.
Oh, Halloween!/
Only candy/
Witches’ bags have/
Translation and calligraphy by Tomoko
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この催しも日本に完全に定着しました。魔女とか魔法使いとかカボチャとかの飾り付けが何とも好きです。
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I keep taking walks a couple of times day after day asked by my mother who loves going out. Just despite myself, I made an eardrop from the flowers blooming at the side of our usual walking course and put it on my mother’s ear for fun.
Red spider lilies/
Splendor both/
In clusters and alone/
Translation and calligraphy by Tomoko
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母にねだられて、散歩、散歩の日々。思わず彼岸花で耳飾りを作って、母親をネタに遊んでしまいました。
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