When the vessel is full, the child grows.
Ono Karori
Thank you for taking a break for the whole of August.
Utsushiki will be open as usual from September 3rd.
Starting on Saturday, September 19th, the LIFT Yagi exhibition will be held as part of our 5th anniversary project, so please look forward to it.
Well, for the second half of the summer vacation, I went on a 9-night, 10-day trip with my kids.
Hiroshima → Niigata → Miyagi → Tochigi → Tokyo → Shizuoka → Kyoto → Wakayama
I am due to give birth via Caesarean section this weekend, and I am once again filled with gratitude for the help and support I received from everyone who helped me out so much.
I've never had a husband who supported me so much before, and his kindness has made me fall in love with him all over again (lol) ← Please continue to support me after the baby is born!
Above all, the presence of my eldest son, who acted as a child leader and brought the younger children together, was a great help.
We wanted to make our leader's summer vacation wish come true, and even though she was in her final month of pregnancy and had a heavy belly, we took her to her beloved Grandpa and Mu-mu-chan (grandparents) in Niigata, and to Hiiro Ookami + Flower Shop Nishibeppu Shoten in Tokyo, even if only for a little while, as our way of giving back to her.
I wonder if creating art at the beach was a good summer memory?
The children are friendly wherever they go. The eldest son in particular loves people more than anyone else in the family. He quickly opens up to everyone and makes friends with them.
I feel that she truly loves talking to people and being with them. However, on the other hand, she is quite a lonely person.
I've heard that children have different capacities to receive love. There is no right or wrong size, and it varies from child to child.
However, it is said that if this capacity is filled at a young age, the child will have a higher sense of self-esteem, become independent, and be able to show love to others.
Our family is different too. Our gentle 2-year-old second son is probably a small dish. He falls asleep on his own without even realizing it.
He plays and eats sweets on his own, and even when I get angry with him he smiles happily.
My eldest son still expects me to empathize by saying things like, "Look, look, listen," and "Let's eat together," and he gets angry if I don't listen even a little.
So, my eldest son, who is in the third grade of elementary school, has a large vessel. It may be bigger than a bathtub. But my eldest son's vessel is not only filled by us parents, but also by his grandparents, friends, team Utsushiki, artists, shop staff, and many other people, all of whom have been involved with him through his natural friendliness, and I thought that his large vessel had been filled.
Every time he travels somewhere, he meets someone, becomes fulfilled and overflows, and becomes someone who can act for others.
As I write this blog today, a big typhoon is approaching Kyushu. It's a small place, but...
It's been a while since we all slept together. Big brother, you've grown both mentally and physically. Thank you for everything.
