KaBooM62's Story Time

Green and Fresh and Clean by Karen Bremer Masuda Green and fresh and clean, that is how I saw things on that cloudy morning as I took my walk. Although the clouds blanketed the sky heavily with patches of white, grey, and darker grey, the sea reflected these different shades displaying a beauty more... Sign in to see full entry.

Laura's Epilogue Ema starts second grade in the spring. Suddenly, she was ready for kindergarten, then school, now she is a veteran of the first grade and will be a strapping second grader soon. The boys are grown adults; each busy with their lives. Takuya is here in Japan, and Tetsuya is in the US.... Sign in to see full entry.

Chapter 17 The Pillar My age is what I am now, feeling it, is an every day occurrence in my life now. I feel that the close to seventy years I have lived have worn me down, it is no mystery that I should feel my age, for even the rock cliffs that are impenetrable wear down with time, as sea water... Sign in to see full entry.

Chapter 16 Takuya From the moment we arrived there was something to do. It wasn’t like we were asked to do anything or even if we wanted to do anything. School wasn’t an issue but the summer was already over. We simply didn’t go. But there was always something to do. We were fed every morning at the... Sign in to see full entry.

Tetsuya and Takuya were like two little silent pillars leaning on each other for support. They were identical, but I could tell them apart from the beginning. They both had big round eyes, the same nose and mouth, but Tetsuya’s face was rounder, Takuya’s more angular. They conferred together... Sign in to see full entry.

Chapter 15 I was nervous. The door bell rang, that meant she was here. Takehiro and I met in the hall on the way to the front door. Both of our footsteps eager, like we were children running to see who would reach the ice cream man first. Takehiro and I reached the genkan together and both issued... Sign in to see full entry.

Chapter 14 I sat across from Takehiro, resting my arms on the table; the one he had made for me. I wanted to hug this table. I hadn’t felt so happy in a very long while. It was a kitchen table, doubling as a nice tall kitchen counter, an island in the middle of an otherwise very Japanese kitchen. In... Sign in to see full entry.

The hospital was very fuzzy, but before I knew it I was home. I woke up alone in our bed, and stared at the ceiling. I didn’t do anything but stare at the ceiling. The wood was comforting; slats running crosswise and lengthwise making squares. I did not count the squares; I only looked at the grain... Sign in to see full entry.

Chapter 13 I found solace in work. For the next two weeks I tried to take on all my former jobs which I had started leaving to Okaasan. I could take care of things here. But she insisted that she should help me, and wouldn’t go away. She hovered around me and I wondered why she couldn’t just leave... Sign in to see full entry.

The woman reporter who conducted the interviews was a frightening woman. She was overly enthusiastic, energetic, and cheerful for the cameras, but she turned off with them. She only showed up for the interviews, all of about four, over the coarse of the week.. She had very little to do with me and... Sign in to see full entry.