My phone rang. I picked it up. Silence. Then a tentative, "Joanne-san"? Stunned, it took me a couple of seconds to realize who it was. Michiyo! My friend Michiyo calling me from Chile. I can't express to you the joy I felt at hearing her voice. One of the greatest gifts I could receive during this holiday season. I miss her. I think of her often. Speaking to her, however, made me realize how great a hole her absence has left in my life here. I was so full of emotion after hanging up that I sat at my desk and sobbed. How I wish she still lived in Japan.
*I know. I know. Sobbing at the sink. Sobbing at my desk. Is that all I do? I'm not sure when I became so emotional. I'm becoming my mother. (Which is a not a bad thing, btw.) I feel the need to mention that I did dance, hands raised and swinging in my genkan (entrance) to Celine Dion the other day.
**I've so much stuff to write - how am I going to get it all down?
Monday, December 11, 2006
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*I almost cried last night
**I know howw you feel
I did the Celine chest thump in your honor during my four-hour karaoke-a-thon on Friday! I'm alive!!! I know this because it frickin' hurt after the 3rd or 4th thump.
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