早朝から、電話が鳴り響いているらしい。
外へ出れば、友人が祝福のハグのために、並ぶらしい。
うん、去年も、一昨年もそうだった。
今日で78歳の、エルサルでのお母さん。
いつも、いろいろな人からの電話を心待ちにしてるから
この日はゼッタイに逃せないと思って、
手帳にも書いて、携帯にアラームまでセット。
家にいそうな時間を見計らって
日本時間23時頃に電話。
すぐに出てきて、ひととき近況報告をし合った。
わずか5~10分程度の電話だったけど、
久しぶりの、弛まない彼女のトークに
ちょっと幸せな気持ちになれた。
懐かしさのチカラ?
※ タイトルは、スペイン語で「誕生日」
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Cumpleaños (= birthday)
It seemed that her telephone had been ringing from early in the morning. When she got out her house, her friends lined up for giving her hug. Yeah, it was the same as last year and two years ago. Today, she is a 78 year old mother in El Salvador. She is always looking forward to hearing from various people, so I did not want to miss this very special day and put it in my schedule book, while I set the alarm in my cell phone as well. I called around 23:00 JST when she would be at home. She answered the call immediately, and exchanged our recent matters. It was only a 5-10 minute call, but I could feel happy when I heard her non-stop talks. Is it a melancholic power?
外へ出れば、友人が祝福のハグのために、並ぶらしい。
うん、去年も、一昨年もそうだった。
今日で78歳の、エルサルでのお母さん。
いつも、いろいろな人からの電話を心待ちにしてるから
この日はゼッタイに逃せないと思って、
手帳にも書いて、携帯にアラームまでセット。
家にいそうな時間を見計らって
日本時間23時頃に電話。
すぐに出てきて、ひととき近況報告をし合った。
わずか5~10分程度の電話だったけど、
久しぶりの、弛まない彼女のトークに
ちょっと幸せな気持ちになれた。
懐かしさのチカラ?
※ タイトルは、スペイン語で「誕生日」
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Cumpleaños (= birthday)
It seemed that her telephone had been ringing from early in the morning. When she got out her house, her friends lined up for giving her hug. Yeah, it was the same as last year and two years ago. Today, she is a 78 year old mother in El Salvador. She is always looking forward to hearing from various people, so I did not want to miss this very special day and put it in my schedule book, while I set the alarm in my cell phone as well. I called around 23:00 JST when she would be at home. She answered the call immediately, and exchanged our recent matters. It was only a 5-10 minute call, but I could feel happy when I heard her non-stop talks. Is it a melancholic power?