Elders Are Experienced Childs

Hey, guys!

So, a couple of weeks ago, me and some people of my school went for a visit on an asylum. 

We were supposed to make a dance presentation for them and present them with some giftcards with origami tsurus that some students made throughout the week.

And it was very fun and specially emotional.

When I saw all those elders together smiling and applauding after our presentation, I quickly realized that those people have lived more than three times what I lived. How many incredible things they must have experienced?

One of my friends even joked:

- Can you imagine if some of them are war veterans?

I don't know. Maybe, hehe.

I was happy to make them happy that day. To make them feel that they were not forgotten. One of the grandmas took a liking on us and was following us everywhere! Hehe.

There was a time when we had to greet every single one of them and there was a certain lady that quickly resembled my great-grandma. So, as soon as I greeted her and I was about to move to the next, she pulled me a little, just like my great-grandma. So I felt that I needed to say a few words to her and asked my friend who could speak japanese to translate what I was saying. I told her about my grandma, that she was sick and I didn't know if I was going to see her again and that I missed her so much and some other things. I put my head on her hand and started to cry frantically. She conforted me and I bowed.

When I reunited with my friends, a lot of them were crying and the other boys were holding tears hehe. But we weren't crying of sadness, it was just...very emotional, I can't explain...I just know that it was very meaningful to everyone.