An e-mail message from a social worker who I often contact about my mother inspired me to write this one, “acquisitiveness for good; pliableness of thinking.
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母の介護の件でよく連絡するソーシャルワーカーさんからのメールを見て、ふと書きました。なるほどな、と思うのです。
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My mother and I took a walk today for the first time with her in a wheel chair, which I have long wanted to do.
Taking a walk with my mom/
In a wheel chair/
Hearing a chorus of cicadas still following us/
Translation and calligraphy by Tomoko
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実はずっとしたかったことですが、今日初めて母を車椅子に載せて近所を散歩しました。
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A nurse came to our house yesterday to help my mother wash her body and shampoo in a shower in our bathroom. Although mom insisted she did all by herself, it would naturally just impossible without the nurse’s kind, dedicated and efficient help.
Took a shower/
Wondering how many summers/
Will I (my mom get to) meet with.
Translation and calligraphy by Tomoko
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昨日は、看護師さんがうちに来て母がシャワーを浴びてシャンプーもするのを手伝ってくださいました。母は全部自分がやったと言っていますが、当然看護師さんの効率的で、献身的なお仕事がなければ出来なかったことです。
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少々熱っぽい母にかき氷を食べてもらいました。単純に喜んでいましたね。
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I made some sweet shaved ice for my mother who was a little feverish. It is always so easy to please her however she maybe.
Oh, shaved ice/
Gentleness called/
Oblivescence/
Translation and calligraphy by Tomoko
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