mom

My mom came to NY to visit me for a week.

She had had a strained back just before she came, and she appeared at JFK on a wheel chair! She told me about it before getting on the plane, but it's somewhat awkward to see it actually...

She came to NY 5 years ago, and that time, we walked around all over NYC. Literally. We went everywhere to see everything about NY, so she wanted to relax a bit and to enjoy "staying" in NY this time. Because of her back, she also wanted to go see a chiropractor, which made me do research about it because I have no idea about any kind of doctors here. Fortunately I found a really good chiropractor in Brooklyn, and I ended up taking her to this doctor 3 times during her stay.

This is her second time in NY, so we decided to go somewhere else this time. There aren't many options for not so short but not too long trip, so,,, we went to D.C. for a 2-day trip. On the day we arrived there was really hot, and we had a thunder storm in the evening, when we were on the tour bus. It was just disastrous - in a way I really enjoyed that accident, though.

We talked. I cried. At some point, I made her stressed out. There were couple of things she wanted to talk in person, that was her main reason she wanted to come to see me, but the night we were in D.C., I think I learned something.

I really don't know how and how much I can care about her, but this is what I always have in mind - I don't want to disappoint her, and I want to make her happy by being happy myself. I'm grateful for being her daughter.

母が５年ぶりにNYにやってきました。来る直前になって、ぎっくり腰になってしまい、車椅子で現れた母でした。

前回来たときには、見れるもの行けるところには思いっきり行ったので、今回はゆっくりしながらということで、なんだかんだ言いつつそれなりには連れ回したのですが、体調の件もあって、滞在中３回も整体師のところに通ったのはなんなんでしょうか。

今回は、NY以外のところも行くことにして、遠くなく近くもないところというのは限られてきますが、ワシントンに一泊旅行することにしました。

着いた日は、すごく暑くて、夕方になって雷がんがんの土砂降りになりました。ちょうど観光バスに乗っていたのですが、あまりの雨にバスの中も洪水状態で、そのすごさに笑ってしまうほどでした。アメリカ人はそこらへんどんとしています。

滞在中、少し無理をさせたり気遣いが足りなくて困らせたこともありましたが、そのなかでいろんな話ができたことは、今回会えてよかったと今でもつくづく思うところです。しばらくは親孝行などという大それたことはできそうもありませんが、まずは自分が毎日一生懸命幸せに過ごすこと、それくらいでしょうか。

学校もそろそろ終える予定なので、次に会えるのはそう遠くはないでしょうが、それまでにまた少しでも強くなっておけたらと思います。