今日の単語
sacrifice
犠牲にする/犠牲
自分の時間・お金・やりたいことなどを、何かのために手放すこと。
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cherish
大切にする
人・思い出・時間・習慣などを、心をこめて大事にすること。
Today, I was thinking about how we spend special days.
Special days can slowly disappear from our lives if we do not pay attention to them.
For example, the paper lanterns for Hinamatsuri, the iris bath on Children’s Day, or simmered pumpkin on the winter solstice.
We can live without doing these things.
When we are busy, it is easy to skip them.
But I still want to value these small traditions as much as I can.
At the same time, I do not want to lose my basic pace.
If I try to make every special day perfect, I may become tired or overwhelmed.
So I think the important thing is to care about special days, but still keep my own rhythm.
In daily life, I often feel that I have to sacrifice many things.
That is why I want to cherish what I can still do.
Today is my daughter’s sixteenth birthday.
She has just started high school, and she is at an age where she has her own world.
She might have dinner with her friends tonight.
She might not eat the meal I make for her.
But even so, I still want to do what I can as her mother.
I will make the food she likes.
I will buy her a cute cosmetic gift.
I will write a message card that says, “Let’s have a girls’ day together again.”
And I will wait for her to come home.
Maybe a special day does not always have to be a big event.
Even if I do not know whether the other person will receive everything I prepared, I can still care in my own way.
I think that alone has meaning.
I want to protect special days in everyday life.
But I also want to keep my minimum pace.
That balance may be very important for me now.