Today is a Coming-of-Age Day. I saw several girls wearing beautiful Kimonos this morning. Each of the girls seemed to be happy and contented with themselves. I recalled of the day when I joined in the coming-of-age ceremony 18 years ago. My mother prepared a beautiful “Furisode”, a long sleeve Kimono, which many girls wear on that day. I was so happy and proud of wearing it. At that time, I didn’t have anything afraid. I believed that I could do anything that I wanted. I was too young to think of many hardships in the future.
In 18 years, I got a job, got married, experienced a few surgery, and gave birth twice. And now, I’m so happy just to be healthy. Long time ago, my mother used to say that be normal is the most difficult thing. When I heard that, I looked down on her a little bit. I thought that I would want to be talented, better than others. But now, I can understand her from the bottom of my heart.
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