たばこの気持ち

今日のお昼どき、一時、体調を崩していたという長兄から電話がありました

元気な声（私の声と同じ、と親戚でも間違うらしい）と「お前も71歳になったんだから、身体を大事にしろよ」という言葉をお聴きし、思わず泣きそうになりました

夜になって、福島県東白川郡塙町の同級生・せいめい君（東京都内在住）から電話がありました

彼は東京塙会の会員ではありませんが、昨日の定期総会が気になっていたようです

そこで、私は東京塙会への入会をお奨めし、快諾していただきました

At noon today, I received a phone call from my eldest brother who had been ill for a while.

I almost cried when I heard his cheerful voice (even his relatives said they mistook his voice for mine) and his words, "You're 71 years old now, so take good care of yourself."

Later in the evening, I received a call from Seimei, a classmate from Hanawa Town, Higashishirakawa County, Fukushima Prefecture, who lives in Tokyo.

He is not a member of Tokyo Hanawa-kai, but he was curious about yesterday's annual meeting.

I recommended him to join Hanawa-kai and he readily agreed.