【２０１１年３月１１日】あれから１１年と１日が経ちました。

十年ひと昔と人は言いますが、

２０１１年３月１１日から数えて、

１０年とさらにもう一年と一日。

思い起こせば、この日わたしは、

午前中、息子の大事な人生イベントの、

結果発表があまり芳しい結果でなく終わり、

家に帰って、ショックで寝室でふて寝してた所に、

いきなり寝室のドアが開かれて、

車椅子の妻が、「お父さんちょっと来て！」、

普段こういう時は、わたしの気が済むまで、

そっとしておいてくれる妻にしては珍しいな、

と思いながらリビングに行くと、

テレビ画面に映っている光景に、

一瞬で心臓が止まったかのように、

身動きできないまま画面を凝視するだけの、

わたしがそこには居ました。

Rescue Team searching operation on debris and mud covered at Tsunami hit Destroyed city in Rikuzentakata on March 20, 2011, Japan. On 11 March 2011, an earthquake hit Japan with a magnitude of 9.0, the biggest in the nation’s recorded history and one of the five most powerful recorded ever around the world. Within an hour of the earthquake, towns which lined the shore were flattened by a massive tsunami, caused by the energy released by the earthquake. With waves of up to four or five metres high, they crashed through civilians homes, towns and fields.

あまりの惨状に、何が起きたのか理解出来ずにいると、

画面はつぎつぎに様様な光景を映し出していきます。

Rescue Team carry exhumed body on debris and mud covered at Tsunami hit Destroyed city in Rikuzentakata on March 18, 2011, Japan. On 11 March 2011, an earthquake hit Japan with a magnitude of 9.0, the biggest in the nation’s recorded history and one of the five most powerful recorded ever around the world. Within an hour of the earthquake, towns which lined the shore were flattened by a massive tsunami, caused by the energy released by the earthquake. With waves of up to four or five metres high, they crashed through civilians homes, towns and fields.

Japanese Mom and baby wait for escape airplane at airport in Fukushima on March 15, 2011, Japan.On 11 March 2011, an earthquake hit Japan with a magnitude of 9.0, the biggest in the nation’s recorded history and one of the five most powerful recorded ever around the world. Within an hour of the earthquake, towns which lined the shore were flattened by a massive tsunami, caused by the energy released by the earthquake. With waves of up to four or five metres high, they crashed through civilians homes, towns and fields.

ようやく何が起きたのか、少しずつ理解していると、

車椅子の妻が、優しい口調でわたしに、

「お父さん、この事に比べたら、

○○君の事は小さい事でしょ。」

「元気を出さないとダメだよ。」

「そうだね。」とわたし、

それからわたしは、

気持ちを入れ替えて、

息子と共に学校まで報告に行きましたが、

改めて、

人生にはさまざまな事が起きます。

そしてそれは必ずしも順境な事だけではなく、