More than thank you.
Last Monday was my birthday and I had a great time with my family and friends.
As I took a seat for a breakfast, my grandmother who had a brain stroke and hemorrhage half and a year ago and has damaged some parts of the brain such as language center, memory center and motor center, tried to say something and started to voice slowly “A.RI.GA.TO.U”(thank you) that is the only word she is barely able to make recently. I repeated it as I do every morning for her practice with a few other words. But this time she shook her head and gestured for writing. When I opened a notebook she began to write O. TA…. and then failed to the rest of letters and dropped tears for woeful herself.
What does it mean by that I considered. My mother next me said it means OTANJOBI OMEDETOU (Happy birthday). Oh dear, it completely slipped my mind in that morning, today was my birthday. She remembered it. We hugged tight and I cried for happiness. Her word ‘Thank you’ was more than anything for me. She tried to say Happy Birthday but the illness disturbed word memory and phonatory function.
She is 90 and trying to recover from it doing rehabilitation. Now paralyzed half body is getting better she can toddle at home supported by us. When I turned off a light for her sleep, I hear every night she repeatedly say ARIGATOU (thank you) for the practices in the dark.
Later I found a note under her pillow saying my date of birth. She kept seeing it every day not to forget it. I don’t know how to express this feeling so tearfully happy but to the contrary something awfully fear to see her getting decrepit with her age that is so faster, even though she has been struggling the illness without voice.
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More than thank you.
Last Monday was my birthday. I had a great time with my family and friends.
As I sat down to breakfast, my grandmother, who had abrain stroke and hemorrhage a year and a half and a year ago, and has been damaging at some parts of the brain such as the centres for language center, memory center and motor functions, tried to say something. She started to speak slowly “A.RI.GA.TO.U” (thank you); recently, that is the only word she is barely able to make recently. I repeated it as I had done every morning for her to practice with a few other words, but this time she shook her head and gestured for writing. When I opened a notebook she began to write O. TA…... unable to write the rest of letters, she shed dropped tears of woefulness herself.
What does it mean? I considered. My mother, sitting next to me said it means OTANJOBI OMEDETOU (Happy birthday). Oh dear, it had completely slipped my mind in that morning; today was my birthday. She remembered it. We hugged tight and I cried with happiness. Her word ‘Thank you’ was more than anything for me. She tried to say Happy Birthday but the illness disturbed her word memory andphonatory function speaking ability.
She is 90, trying to recover from it with rehabilitation exercises. Now her half-paralyzedhalf (or, the paralysed half of her) body is getting better she can toddle at home supported by us. When I turned off a light for her sleep, I hear her repeating every night she repeatedly say "ARIGATOU" (thank you). for the practicing in the dark.
Later I found a note under her pillow with my date of birth on it. She kept looking at it every day so as not to forget it. I don’t know how to express this feeling so tearfully happy but to the contrary something awfully fearful, to see her getting increasingly decrepit withher age that is so faster, even though she has been struggling with the illness without complaining.
Last Monday was my birthday. I had a great time with my family and friends.
As I sat down to breakfast, my grandmother, who had a
What does it mean? I considered. My mother, sitting next to me said it means OTANJOBI OMEDETOU (Happy birthday). Oh dear, it had completely slipped my mind in that morning; today was my birthday. She remembered it. We hugged tight and I cried with happiness. Her word ‘Thank you’ was more than anything for me. She tried to say Happy Birthday but the illness disturbed her word memory and
She is 90, trying to recover from it with rehabilitation exercises. Now her half-paralyzed
Later I found a note under her pillow with my date of birth on it. She kept looking at it every day so as not to forget it. I don’t know how to express this feeling so tearfully happy but to the contrary something awfully fearful, to see her getting increasingly decrepit with
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Thank you shah gee. We all feel human beings’ bond and value of life, don't we!
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it is awesome. bring tears in my eyes. Thanks for sharing this love story.
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vanhom 好久没见了, 你好吗? 谢谢你的恳切评语。 I am a little embarrassed with the entry, so many mistakes I made on it, but I appreciate to have received many kind comments from you and my other friends. Thank you.
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It's a very moving story.But it is real,not a story.Everyone has his family,but everyone did not cherish it.Best wish to your Grandmother.
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