Journal of a "Bride" in New York

I write my daily experiences outside Japan.

Destiny

2010-06-14 | 日記
My husband was born in the mountain town in Shimane-prefecture.

When he was scolded by his father in his childhood, he used to run away to the mountain behind his home.

He is the second child among three brothers,

and his father thought that this child, my husband would go far away in the future.

His two brothers now live in their hometown, but my husband is gone far to the U.S.

I was born and raised in Tokyo. I have a younger brother.

My parents told me that I was gone somewhere whenever I was taken to the department store with them when I was a little child.

In contrast, my brother as a little boy held on tight to the edge of his father’s coat and never left him.

Thankfully, my brother and his family live right next to my parents’ house.

Hearing our parents telling us about our childhood,

two of us might be destined to go far away across the sea. It is a wonder.

"your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them! " Psalm 139:16,17