6-months-old myself and my grandmother. Grandmother at that time suffered severe weight loss due to the strain of taking care of the baby.

　Our daughter became 3-months-old and she vigorously swings her arms whistling through the air, and moving legs rub-a-dub every day. Her face is becoming more distinct compared to just after birth. And looking at her face, I realize that her face overlaps the image of my grandmother.

　My mother passed away when I was 3-months-old, and it is just the same months as my daughter. I would imagine how anxious she must have been departing this world leaving 3-months-old daughter. And grandmother was in a state of extreme shock having a granddaughter left behind.

　At that time, among grandmother’s friends no fewer than one or two said that “You shouldn’t be taking care of your granddaughter, and if you abandon, then your son (my father) will remarry out of haste.” However, grandmother told me later that when her friends said so to her, on the contrary she made up her mind that she herself must take care and look after thinking “I am not the person to abandon my baby granddaughter who is right in front of myself.”

　The emotion of “Cannot abandon a precious one right in front of you,” I think is the base of the affectionate nature. The reason for my being alive today, is that such profoundly loving grandmother has raised myself. Nowadays, as for returning the love which my grandmother has taught me, I would like to devote my love and affection to my son and daughter who have the looks reminiscent of grandmother.