I met the other parents of my children today. The parents of my first and second children gathered, seemingly to play soccer. I, too, had always loved soccer. There’s a soccer field near our home, and I used to kick the ball around with my kids there a bit. The adult men would watch the children’s soccer games, or even play themselves, working up a sweat, then taking a break with a drink when they got tired. The dads with more energy would keep playing, while the tired ones would rest briefly and cheer on the children’s game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The children were full of energy. They had grown so much more than before. “Yes, that’s right. The children are really changing a lot.” That thought came to me. It broke my heart that I hadn’t been able to play with them much all this time. I used to travel frequently to India for work, and it weighed heavily on my mind to think how much the children must have changed while I was hospitalized. The regret washed over me that the children were truly changing so much, that this time was so precious, and that I had truly wasted it. I felt so much regret for the lost time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some people approached me and asked, curious about why I was injured, why I became sick. To be honest, I didn’t really know why I got hurt either. So, I couldn’t properly explain what kind of problem led to my condition. I wanted to speak well, but all I could say was, “Hmm… I don’t really know.” It took about a year for me to vaguely understand why I became like that, but at the time, I truly knew nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What I learned later was that my injury was related to excessive stress<\/strong>. At the time, when I was trying to work too much, my head kept hurting. My head would throb and ache multiple times while working. But I just thought it was part of the stress of working, almost a normal thing. I’d soothe myself by thinking, “This much is okay,” “Everyone goes through this,” and brushed it off. I failed to properly recognize the warning signs my body was sending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At that time, I never dreamed I would be so severely injured. My only thought was to work hard and to do better. But the cost was immense. I couldn’t fully participate in my children’s growth, and I caused great worry and burden to my family. At this moment, watching my children energetically play, I once again keenly feel the preciousness of the time I lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These belated realizations make me even more upset. Regret washes over me: why did I ignore my body’s signals then? Why was I so obsessed with work? But now, I have to change. I will not miss this precious time with my children. Although my body isn’t what it used to be, I will continue to strive to be a better father to my children and to offer a small comfort and hope to others who are experiencing pain like me. I am living today so that all these experiences are not in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I met the other parents of my children today. The parents of my first and second children gathered, seemingly to play soccer. I, too, had always loved soccer. There’s a soccer field near our home, and I used to kick the ball around with my kids there a bit. The adult men would watch the … \ub354 \uc77d\uae30<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[15,22,36,18,16,19,23,21,20,24,17],"class_list":["post-241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter","tag-aphasia","tag-brain-damage","tag-cancer","tag-cerebrovascular-disease","tag-hemorrhage","tag-infarct","tag-ischemic","tag-language-disorders","tag-lesion","tag-recovery","tag-storke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451,"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions\/451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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