A little human on a little Island

Nights and days came and passed and summer and winter and the sun and the wind and the rain.

And it was good to be a little Island.

A part of the world and a world of its own all surrounded by the bright blue sea.

~~Margarret Wise Brown, “The Little Island”~~

 Hi everyone! Hope you enjoy your spring break.

I flied to here with my injured leg. I thought I really shouldn’t have travelled with it since I couldn’t have done anything without helps. But my family wanted me to have joined them for this trip, so I did;)

When I got on the wheel chair for my very first time in my life, I had very special feelings.

My first feeling was just like being a toddler in the stroller. My view got much lower and taller people are just passing by so quickly. We all have that experiences when we were very little long time ago, but who still remembers it? I remember about pushing, pulling, and carrying the stroller no matter where I had to go through with my babies. I kind of got the feeling what toddlers were seeing and feeling when I was controlling their ride with care for making their ride gentle.

My second feeling was more like as a person who has a handy cap. I can’t go anywhere if I have no help. I can’t do many things if I have no help. Now I am really learning the thing which I thought I already knew but I actually didn’t understand deeply that one help with caring means a lot to someone who has a handy cap.

My third feeling was just simply thank you to people who helped, who offered to help, and who just asked me if I am ok.

What is “Caring”? That’s I am learning with this injury as a lesson.

I will keep it in my mind and will remember everyday.

Then I finally feel how fortunate to have a healthy body. How fortunate to have my family and friends who has been supported and helped me. How fortunate to see wonderful and kind people around and etc…etc…

This was a great reminder to me about many things for my everyday life. Now I could say…..like this…..

Night and days came and passed and summer and winter and the sun and the wind and the rain in our life.

And it was good to be a little one human.

A part of the world and a world of its own all surrounded by the bright warm love.

Yuko

Have a safe trip, don’t get injured like me. And you would be the one who gives a hand to someone who has a handy cap with your wonderful smile! I’m sure it would mean a lot to that person:) xoxo