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All That Drama

"Why are you taking a picture of your bedroom?"

Kenzo asks the best questions.

I told him I just liked the way the afternoon light was coming in through the windows. I was about to tell him that that I like taking pictures of the simple and mundane, like the rooms of our house or the streets in our neighborhood, because there will come a day when looking at those images will no longer be simple or mundane. They will be fascinating. We live in an era where photographic images are as easy to capture as they are taken for granted, so we have to be thankful for the opportunity to capture the way life is today so we can enjoy the images tomorrow.

But before I could go into all of that Kenzo asked me for his snack and headed downstairs. 


Today was Osamu's kindergarten Christmas party, so Eri was busy with shuttling the boys around due to the special schedule and then getting them home for nap time so she could head off to her class downtown. All this while I was in my office meeting with teachers in Nagoya online in a training session with my team members who are currently in Korea, Taiwan, Osaka, and here in good ol' Miyagi Japan. With a cup of coffee in my Thermos mug, at my comfy, quiet desk, in my wool socks, while a chilly wind started to pick up outside.

Eri took the boys to McDonald's for a special treat after kindergarten on the way home. 


They deserved it. So did she.

Osamu was so excited to go to kindergarten in the car with mama this morning. He gave me a big hug before leaving. He started the morning with a crazy tantrum in the upstairs bathroom after accidentally peeing all over the floor and then demanding mama help him and not papa. I could feel in his hug that he was saying sorry for all that drama.


Eri texted me during the kindergarten Christmas party. Apparently Osamu just stood there motionless during his class dance. However, he seemed to enjoy singing Christmas songs...

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