I PINGUINI

Come hell or high water, even if big pitfalls await us, we the common people have no choice but to walk through on barefoot like penguins. A single parent, with mid-life disabilities due to incurable diseases, and her two children had been struggling to keep up with life.

One of the critical pitfalls had flung them into hell on earth, which took their supportive resources away from them, while living in her disabilities. Further burdens were placed on her weakened and crippled body, and the tragedy rushed into their lives like a tsunami.

While they kept taking one step at a time in their struggles, their voices finally reached to hold back the tsunami of misery. This is a story of the adventure and wisdom of such an ordinary parent and children who were far from power and authority.

Uta Mimori

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#4 When my world begins moving

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“Serendipity" is a word that describes an unexpected turning point that comes to us from outside of our intentions and expectations.

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♯3 Thin Threads of Life Spun

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In my childhood I’ve had many moves from place to place due to my father’s job transfers, and we ended up having no 'hometown' to take a root in. But my entire family still enjoyed family gatherings twice a year, “Obon” festivals in summer and New Year in winter.

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#2 Family with job transfers and Me as a stranger

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My family moved a lot for my father's job. The experiences of mine as a transfer student were very different from the flattering ones of my father’s and the one of my grandfather’s work ride in a horse-drawn carriage.

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#1 Memory of the Beginning

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It was my longing, when I grew up and started to build my own life, to prepare afternoon tea and sit around the table with my loved ones in a cozy space with good smells coming from the oven.

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