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The Day My Father Collapsed, My Life Quietly Began to Change
｜Was My Life a Happy One? If someone were to ask me, "What has been the greatest blessing in your life?" my answer would never change. There are two things I consider my greatest fortune. The first is that I was raised by two loving par... -
“Who Are You?” — The Day My Mother Forgot Me
For the first time in my life, I could not enter the home I had grown up in. I had finally returned to Japan after two years away. When my mother opened the front door, she looked directly into my eyes and asked: “Who are you?” In that m... -
I Just Wanted to Make It Home Alive — The Day I Chose Life Over Dreams in Pandemic-Era New York
“I Want to Make It Home Alive.” That Was My Only Wish. When COVID-19 swept across the world, I found myself standing at one of the most important crossroads of my life. I was in New York, preparing to graduate and begin my professional c... -
To Speak or Stay Silent — The Day I Was Forced to Confront “My Justice” in a Foreign Classroom | Baruch College, War, Racism, and the Reality of Coexistence
In that classroom, I was the one who chose silence.But that silence was destined to be broken.Because I had come face to face with a question I could not escape—as a Japanese person. ｜The Greatest Adventure of My Life Began After Cancer... -
I Discovered the Reality of Coexistence in New York｜What Five Moves Taught Me About a Multicultural World
Coexistence is not a beautiful idea.It is a daily collision of fear, stress, and misunderstanding.And yet, I couldn’t walk away from it. ｜Why I Chose New York There were two reasons I decided to move to the United States. The first was ... -
The Beginning of Renewal — I Chose My Life Again | A Life Defined by Choice
My hospital room was filled with flowers.As if they were meant for a final farewell.—But I had no intention of ending my story there. ｜The Unspoken Truth Behind the Flowers Every time my friends visited, they hesitated. What should they... -
At the Edge of Chemotherapy, What My Comrades Taught Me About the Meaning of Life — The Days That Forced Me to Rethink the Meaning of Life —
How much of yourself can you lose and still be called alive?Chemotherapy didn’t just attack my cancer—it erased the outline of who I was.And yet, in that devastation, I found a reason to live.After surgery, cancer cells were found beyond... -
My Mother Said “Remove Everything,” I Said “I Refuse Treatment”: Facing Uterine Cancer and My Future as a Woman
At 25 years old, I was diagnosed with cancer. My mother said,“Doctor, please remove everything immediately.” And I replied,“I refuse all treatment.” The air in the examination room froze. It was a collision between two different kinds of... -
Cancer Diagnosis at 25: The Moment My Life Stopped ―Searching for My Quality of Life―
I was 25when I first heard the word cancerspoken about my own body. Until that moment,I believed my life would follow a quiet, ordinary path— marriage,children,and a future that would unfold naturally. But inside a quiet hospital room,ev... -
Seven Stories, One Journey— Exploring Quality of Life Through Different Paths —
Since being diagnosed with cancer at the age of twenty-five, I have had to rebuild my life more than once. Surviving illness. Starting over in New York. Returning to Japan and facing the realities of caregiving. Looking back, each chapte...
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