Sunday, January 6, 2013

ガム





今日から、やっと学校。
昨夜は、制服に靴にバッグを再チェック。
靴のそこにべったりついた、ガムを何とか取りたいと、12歳の娘は奮闘しているが、どうするかほっといた。どうしても取れないという。

そこで、母の出番。
わたしは、氷とともに登場。
ガムの上にね、氷をおいて硬くする
そのあと、ごしごし焼き鳥の串でそぎおとす。
あらあら、簡単におちた。

母は、賢いのだ。

最近、母の威厳はほとんどなくなりつつある。

12歳のほうの靴のサイズは、38.わたし、37.なんと、去年、娘のお下がり、運動靴をもらうことになった。
英語のレベルは、もう、いうまでもない。

ピアノも抜かれた。
pcの扱いも抜かれた。

私の威厳を見せるときは、靴の裏についたガムをとるときくらいか?
と、寂しい今日この頃である。


It is the first day of the second term of my daughter's school.
She was preparing her uniform, shoes and school bag last night.

In her horror, she found at the bottom of one of her shoes was a piece of chewing gum. She was trying to remove it by using a cloth somehow, but it was not successful.  So I went over and helped out. I used an ice cube to make the chewing gum harder and I then scratched at it. The horrible dirty chewing gum was removed easily.

Her shoe size has turned to one size bigger than mine. 
Her piano level has gone higher than mine. 
English...she speaks it fluently, being a native speaker. And so on. 

These days, it is getting harder to preserve my dignity as a mother. 
Maybe the only chance I have is by removing chewing gum from her shoe? 



3 comments:

  1. Midori, you excellence as an artist will preserve your dignity, too. :)
    I love this study of a cat - it's perfect!!!

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  2. Hi Studio at the Farm,
    Oh,it might be true. Painting technique is better than my daughter.
    I might be painting to show my dignity to her.I often say to her please have one thing which you have a pride.

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  3. Hello Midori:) I love this relaxed movement of this cat. So beautifully done. I'm sure you are just such a great mom as you are an artist. Not only for the chewing gum!:)

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