Update on his recovery

My husband's father will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow!!!!
I'm very very glad of it and so is my husband!

Through this opportunity, we've learned a lot of things. When we have a member in our family who are in the hospital, we have to help each other, not give up, maintain routine links with each other. All things are important. I feel the strong family tie among his family, no, OUR family!

Thank you for your prayer!

The operation was finished successfully!!
Thank you for your prayer!

wish for his quick recovery!!

My husband's father got hospitalized last Friday and will undergo an operation on the swollen arteries in his abdomen tomorrow. The size of the aneurysm is 5cm, quite large compared to the average size of 1.5-2.0 cm. The doctor said the success rate of this kind of surgery is very high. I was really relieved to hear that. But it's going to be still difficult surgery, he said.

I dearly wish the surgery be done successfully and his quick recovery from it.

I don't know my own father's face since I last met him when I was less than a year old. So I feel he is my real father. Also I love all of my husband's family because they all are so lovely! From the first day I met them, they've been sweet all the time!

I can only pray for him to God!

Holes!

I finished reading a book "Holes" by Louis Sachar. It was full of fun!! My husband read the Japanese version and recommended it to me. Some of my friends also recommended it to me. So when I found the book in the Osaka city library last Wednesday, I was delighted! At first I could go only 20 pages or so per day. But gradually the pace was accelerated! Yesterday, I started at page 80 or so, and until midnight I finished the 233 pages! In the morning I had a music student, so after lunch I started to read. In the afternoon, between an intervals of recording piano part of the songs(which my chorus group is going to sing at the city culture festival next spring), viola practice, preparation for dinner, watching Japan baseball series, and taking bath, I just read and read!!

It was a book of a beautiful adventure to happiness by young boys who once were put labels of bad boys on them. The story goes back and forth of present and past, and the two times are finally connected with each other so wonderfully!!

Although it takes quite a long time for me to read English books, I love reading! Because it gives me a lot of gifts, not only a good amount of knowledge but also much energy in my life!!!

I first read an English paperback just a few years ago, in 2005. My first English paperback was "To Kill a Mockingbird". Since then, I've read several books, "The Dead Zone", "Bud, not Buddy", "Tuesdays with Morrie", "The Five People You Meet in Heaven", "Flowers for Algernon", Dar Es Salaam", "The Fire eaters" and so on.

And I have to confess, I gave up several books in the middle or at the beginning, so the books are waiting to be read in my bookshelf! Among them are, "Pride and Prejudice", "Wuthering Heights", "Pet Sematary", "Fire starter", "No Mama's boy", "The Book Thief", The Unconsoled", "Flags of our Fathers", "Mercy", and a few books by Nora Roberts and some more!! Oh I have to make more time to read!!

The same weather in two different cities!

The radio host in New York just said, "It's been raining in New York."
What a coincidence! It's been raining in my city, Higashiosaka, too! Despite of the long long distance between the two cities, you and I have the same weather! In such a time, I feel we are connected with each other. I've been thinking faces of my dear friends in NY today..... I hope everybody is fine.

Long time no see, friends!!

Hi everyone! How are you doing? I've been doing great!
It's been a long time since I posted last time.

Do you like any sports? I love baseball very much!
I was at the Koshien Stadium last Thursday for the 7th time in this season. It was very impressive game. In the end, very dramatic victory brought all of the fans great feeling!!!

I'll show you the beautiful sky over the outfield seats! I've had several tough things in my life but whenever I go to the stadium, I get encouraged a lot!!!

Cherry Blossoms!!!

Here comes cherry blossom season again. Two seasons ago, I was in Brooklyn and saw beautiful cherry flowers in the Botanical Garden.

I saw these flowers at a cozy park near my workplace yesterday. It was very warm so we went to the park at lunch time.

I love spring season because it is also the start of my favorite sports season, baseball!!

Cheers!

What is his tale like?

Don't know why, but Snoopy's tale was very popular among kids!!
Everybody wanted to look at it and touch it!

Hi Mr. Popeye!

I went to the Universal Studio Japan in Osaka last Saturday with my mother and my husband.
Here is our photo with Mr. Popeye!

I was impressed not only with there performance but also the staff's kindness!
My mother has weak legs so she needed a place to sit down when we had to wait for the attractions. The waiting time was often over an hour. When I asked if they had some place to sit down for my mom at the entrance of the Water World attraction, a kind staff offered the special ticket called "Support Pass". Using it, we could make reservation for the next performance and sat down the outside bench until the reservation time coming. On the time, we went there again, the staff guided us to the side way of the other people's waiting place. After 10 minutes or so, they took us to the inside the theater in advance to the other people. Thanks to their kindness and special care for the weak, my mother could enjoy the performance very much without feeling any tiredness until leaving there!

We bought one-year-free ticket for very reasonable price, less than two-day ticket, so we definitely visit there soon!

Good bye Mr. Chips -- wonderful movie!

I hope You all have had Happy New Year and are having a wonderful time this year!


We saw an very old movie "Good bye Mr. Chips".
Right after that, we can't stop ourselves having a tea time because Mr. Chips loves it! We get influenced easily. Anyway, it was a absolutely wonderful movie!!