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 photo credit: Japanese traditional style farm house / 農家(のうか) via photopin (license) When I was a kid, my dad often told me his childhood stories.  One of the impressive things in his stories was about his experience of a nature disaster when he was around 22.  My dad was the fourth child out of 9 brothers & sisters. so including his parents ( my grandfather and grandmother ) total of 11 people were living together .  In his generation, most people were poor with many children each family.  Because after the world war 2, Japan lost so many people, so they were told by the government to have many kids as much as they could.  In 1953, there was a serious nature disaster which came from heavy rain & typhoon in the Kyushu area ( South side of Japan ) where my dad had lived.  My dad was a university student at that time, and when he came back to his home, his house was washed away and there was nothing in the pr...

  Miracle, My image of the idea of a miracle, was always that a miracle means something impossible happens. and I believed that's called a "Miracle" . and that it rarely happens in life. In my life, for example, I've been feeling that meeting my husband was amazing miracle. But when I imagined if I lived on an island where no one lives. There is nothing on the island except for nature, and I own nothing there. On that island, how could I create many things that I'm having in this life right now ? When I was born, there was already many things/people were in the place I was born,  such as my parents,  doctors, nurses, my brother, hospitals,  beds, blankets, pillows, something to wear, paper, pencils, pen, eraser, towels, drinking water, foods, drinks, bath, shoes, electric equipment,  airplanes, cars, bicycles, trains, buses, TVs, telephones,  brushes, dishes, music, cups, stores, restaurants, and much more and more ... But in the beginning of ...

Last Sunday was a Valentine's day, so my husband gave me a bouquet of red roses and I also made a strawberry decoration cake. Flowers make our room lighter and elegant, and  I felt a different energy are flowing around their space. I love the feeling of it and this kind of moment. Feeling abundance and I 'm grateful for it. I love red roses. It's been my all time favorite flowers since I was a little kid. I don't know why but whenever I imagine the word "Flower", I always pictured " Red Roses" in my mind. For me, it's as if Flowers = Red Roses,  even though I know there are so many kinds of flowers with variety of colors in the world.  I especially love red wine color ones and also light pink red ones. Also I love purple roses, pink roses, white roses, pink tulips, purple carnations, pink gerberas and baby's breaths flowers as well. It's always great to decorate fresh live flowers in our home to make our feeling...

So happy !!! My Japanese relatives, aunt Takako and uncle Eimei sent us a gift again , and received it yesterday ! They are my mother's younger brother and his wife and my closest relatives. They have been really nice to me since I was a little girl. I can not say enough to thank them for so many things they did to me and my family in my life. These are Organic Mochi ( rice cakes ) , it's kind of like a sticky rice. A rice cake is made by pounding steamed rice into a cake.  I was telling my husband that I really want to eat Mochi around new year holidays because I haven't eaten Mochi since I moved to the USA,  but Asian super market  here are not selling Mochi. So I was thinking about purchasing it in amazon store.     Also the seaweed called "Nori " , and ground sesame which I eat almost everyday. So, I'm so so happy and grateful to receive their gift ! They don't know about my wish to eat Mochi, so I felt like it's ...

Having toothaches can be one of the worst pains ever in life. I had a very tough experience with a toothache  when I was 19 years old.   and it happened during the beginning of holiday times and all the stores and hospitals including the dentists were closed for about 7 days at that time. So I had to deal with the terrible pain for 7 days  until the dentist opened. Since then I was already careful for my teeth, because I didn't want to experience such a terrible pain anymore. It's wonderful that there is the internet where we can get many information to get knowledge easily nowadays. ( Depending on the source, of course ) Today, I would like to share our new discovery for a home remedy which cures toothaches. My husband got terrible toothaches last weekend. It was weekend and dentists were all closed so I searched in internet for toothaches remedies. and he tried some remedies below,   Grapefruit seed extract First , he tried grapefru...

Happy New Year ! 2015 was pretty good year for us except for health. So, my most important new year's resolution for this year is keep having good health. and also have a good laugh and enjoy the moment. Because laughing can even cure illness. Also good laugh can increase our frequency level of energy and attract good luck. In 2015, many of my interests were oldies music which I found many kinds of music and films. When I was younger I rarely thought about oldies , but after I reached to 50, I don't know why but I sometimes enjoy being nostalgic, and love watching and listening to oldies films and music and photos of historical places and  etc.. My husband said he feels the same way as me. In the New Year's Eve to New Year, we were watching Charlie Chaplin 's films and were laughing a lot when the New Year came up. Recently, we both are having addiction to watch Chaplin's films. For this year 2016 , I will keep enjoying my favorite oldie...

2015 will be over soon and and 2016 is just around the corner. Every time when the end of year is coming, I feel time flies so fast. This year, world became crazy and there were many shocking news and things happened in the world. But I decided to feel happiness every moment as much as possible, so that I will never regret my life.   It's Christmas today,  So,  I made a cake with decoration - a fruits spicy cake again ! I was not satisfied with the decoration last time, so I wanted to challenge it again. As a result,  I feel it looks better than last time, and with my husband, really enjoying the taste of it ! While I was making it, I found it's getting fun and it's like creating an art. I will practice more in the future because Practice makes improvement.  Wishing everyone to have a wonderful Merry Christmas !