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Knowing my friends are stitching is the motivation of me continuing. ☆

atsushijp, 2020年3月24日

Knowing my friends are stitching is the motivation of me continuing. ☆
As days pass, we all realize how serious it is. Many experience the financial difficulties. Many have to adjust to the new lifestyle, either super busy with home-schooling or very empty without commuting. I can no longer update the Insta post around evening because I can only have time after 9 pm or so… and so scary how long it goes. I don’t have time to stitch much, but photos of my friends’ stitching lift me up. Today, the fact that the people who enjoyed my workshops & learned from my videos are enjoying stitching everywhere in the world is the motivation of me continuing. I am too Japanese to ask for financial help unless it is really very bad. However, (or therefore), please respect the Japaneseness of Sashiko. In this kind of crisis, one culture can be repainted (or discontinued) very easily. Your mindful choice will help “Sashiko” go. Thank you.
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身近な話になりますが、米国は正社員でもスパッと解雇されます。「解雇=収入が絶たれる」というのが、日本人の一般的な不安だと思うのですが、実は米国ではそこに追加要素があります。それが、「解雇=健康保険を失う」という、感染拡大の中での恐怖です。一応、COVID-19の検査&治療は全額政府から出るような話になっていますが、言質が取れているのは米国国民だけ。移民で、且つ派生する病気を解雇された段階で発症した場合、その時点で「医療破産」が現実味を帯びます。COBRAという保険の受け皿はあるのですが、それも月収の2割以上の保険金額を全額負担です(普段は雇用主が2割の75%程度を負担)。収入がなくなった時に、10万円以上の保険を毎月出せるのか……これが全米で起きていると思うと、不安で仕方がありません。「刺し子してる場合じゃない」と思いながら、同時に「今だからこそ刺し子を発信しなきゃ」という思いもあります。人は様々な経験や思いを経て、刺し子を残してきました。きっと今のこの不安や恐怖も、きっと刺し子を通して得られる「祈る力」へ転換できるはずだと思うのです。
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2020-03-24 22:14:20




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Comments (3)

  1. Renee Clothier says:
    2020年3月25日 at 8:28 AM

    Love to you from New Zealand. Stay well.

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  2. Jolanda Drukker Murray says:
    2020年3月25日 at 1:54 PM

    Just beautiful!

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  3. Sofia Alba says:
    2020年3月25日 at 4:40 PM

    i feel alike. knowing that others are also stitching makes me good

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