Saturday, February 28, 2015

祖母 / My Grandmother

2014年8月27日午後2時45分(日本時間)
母方の祖母が亡くなりました。

祖母は1915年1月29日に7人兄弟の6番目
三女として北九州市門司区で生まれました。
1934年7月15歳年上の祖父と結婚しました。
祖父は目の不自由な娘をつれての再婚でした。
祖母は祖父の母親ミツに気に入られての結婚でした。

私は1歳と2週間で妹が生まれ
母が新生児で忙しいので
しばらく祖母に育てられました。
私にとって祖母はもう一人の母でした。


1枚目の写真は祖母がまだ独身の頃。

2枚目の写真は母を出産した後。

3枚目は祖父と自宅前で。

4枚目は私と1958年頃。

5枚目は私と1964年頃。

6枚目は私と1967年頃。

7枚目は1995年、誰かの結婚式で。

8枚目は私と2003年頃、帰省したときに。

9枚目は2008年、
賢の伝道の終わりに広島伝道部に迎えに行った時。

10枚目は同じく2008年、
赤提灯で親戚を集めて宴会をした時。

11枚目は2010年、
賢と恵の結婚披露宴の控え室で。

12枚目は2011年、
私が一人で帰省した時。

13枚目は2013年、
デイブと2人で帰省した時
焼肉屋さんで親戚と宴会をした時。

14枚目は同じく2013年、
お好み焼き屋さんで。





































 My grandmother from my mother's side passed away at 2;45 PM on August 27th, 2014.
She was born on January 29th, 1915 in Moji, Kitakyushu, as the 6th child of 7(3rd daughter).
She married my grandfather in July , 1934.
My grandfather was 15 years older than her.
When they got married, he already had one daughter who had eye problems.
His mother Mitsu made him marry my grandmother because she thought my grandmother was very nice and she wanted my grandmother to be her daughter-in -law.

My younger sister was born when I was 1 and 2 weeks old.
Since my mother was so busy with newborn baby,
my grandmother took care of me for a long time.
That's why she was my other mother.

The first picture is when she was a teen.

The second picture is when my mother was a baby.

The third picture is with my grandfather at the front of their home.

The fourth picture is with me in 1958.

The fifth picture is with me in 1964.

The sixth picture is with me in 1967.

The seventh picture is when she attended somebody's wedding reception in 1995.

The eighth picture is with me when I went back to Japan in 2003.

The ninth picture is when Ken finished his mission in Hiroshima,
and we went to pick him up in 2008.

The tenth picture is at the same time.
We had a dinner party at our favorite restaurant, Akachochin.

The eleventh picture is at the waiting room for Ken and Kay's wedding reception in 2010.

The twelfth picture is when I went back to Japan by myself in 2011.

The thirteenth picture is when my husband Dave and I went back to Japan in 2013,
We had a dinner party at a BBQ restaurant with some relatives.

The fourteenth picture is at a Japanese pancake restaurant in 2013.














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