Where flowers bloom so does hope.
花が咲くところには希望も咲く。
Lady Bird Johnson
レディ・バード・ジョンソン
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【HAPPY BIRTHDAY KISA】 お誕生日おめでとう希佐ちゃん!!
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収穫期を迎えることはないかもしれないが、あなたの一つ一つの行動が種をまいているのです。
With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
エラ・ウィーラー・ウィルコックス
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Currently reading: それでも人のつもりかな
I'm currently reading the Japanese children's book それでも人のつもりかな by 有島希音(ありしま きおん)about an isolated middle schooler named Hoshi Arisa. The target audience are children in the upper years of elementary school and first year of middle school, so 11-13 year-olds.
This book has been on my shelf for a while. What got me interested was that the main character is multiethnic Japanese and I was interested how this would be depicted for that age group. I've read the first two chapters now and so far the book talks mostly about the severe bullying and Arisa's estranged relationship to her mother. Her homeroom teacher is trying to reach out to her, though, and I'm curious to see how this unfolds.
The titel is based on an haiku, btw:
ハンノキの
それでも花の
つもりかな
(by Kobayashi Issa)
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