一日に何度かある電話会議の合間、妻と近くの公団住宅にあるカフェで昼食をいただくことにしました。陽射しが暖かい昼時でしたが、カフェの窓からは陽が入らず、寒い室内でした。クルミくんは家で待っていてもらい、久しぶりに妻とのんびりできた昼食でした。昨日聞いた悲しい出来事について妻と話していました。友人が癌に罹患していることが判明し、余命宣告を受けているような悲しい事件です。今年 62 歳になる彼にとって、とても辛く、悔しい思いをしていることと思います。ご家族も今後について心配されていることを思うと胸が痛みます。
In between several conference calls a day, my wife and I decided to have lunch at a café in a nearby public housing complex. The sun was shining warmly at noon, but there was no sunlight coming in through the cafe’s windows, and it was cold inside. Kurumi was waiting for us at home, and for the first time in a while, we were able to have a relaxing lunch. I was talking with my wife about a sad event I heard about yesterday. It is such a sad incident that a friend of ours has been diagnosed with cancer and has been given a life expectancy. It must be very painful and frustrating for him as he will be 62 years old this year. It is heartbreaking to think that his family is also worried about the future.
