I want the script for 'Okaeri Mone'! (My experience during the Great Earthquake☆)

Every single day

The words in 'Okaeri Mone' soak into my heart...

Today, 'letting out painful feelings' is one of the themes☆☆

'Having someone tell you where it hurts'

'Things you want to say but can't'

Mone's mother was working as a teacher at that time, and she spoke about her honest feelings of wanting to leave the scene while protecting the children and thinking about her family☆☆

Hearing those words, my own experience I remembered.

I, too, was at a childcare facility during the 'Great East Japan Earthquake' when the seismic intensity was 5.

Around 2:46 PM on March 11, 2011

A massive tremor like nothing I had ever experienced before...

I gathered the children in the garden.

Childcare workers went to get jackets for the lightly dressed children who had just woken up from their nap, even while the building was shaking☆☆

Childcare workers sang songs and played hand games so the children wouldn't feel anxious☆☆

We all worked desperately to protect the site..

And, so that the children could spend their time with as little anxiety as possible,

once things had calmed down, we moved from the garden into the building☆☆

We gathered everyone in the large hall so we could get out to the garden immediately if an aftershock occurred, brought in a TV to show fun DVDs, and spread out toys...

We even provided snacks.

We were desperate, doing our absolute best to protect over 100 children..

But, I also suddenly thought of my own children.

'U is in Nagano right now... Is Nagano okay?'

'S is currently in Gunma. It looks like Kiryu had a seismic intensity of 6... Where are you?'

'Is my husband's workplace okay?'

Even so, I couldn't contact my family.

I couldn't leave the site..

After we and the staff desperately finished sending all 100 children home...

We all collapsed and sat down...

and each of us started contacting our families☆☆

My eldest son was at a friend's house and was safe.

My husband also said the construction site was chaotic, but he was safe...

What about my daughter in Nagano??

I couldn't get in touch with my daughter for several days...

That year was the year my daughter was graduating from high school.

After graduation, she had gone to Nagano for a camp.

When I was finally able to reach her, I cried my eyes out☆☆

I can't remember what happened after that on that day...

How I got home, how I contacted my family...

My house experienced a seismic intensity of lower 6...

When I got home, dishes had fallen, and the large copier had shifted and moved.

For a while, many houses were covered with blue tarps on their roofs...

Planned power outages after the earthquake☆☆

Even at the childcare facility, the electricity went out.

Until the mothers came to pick them up, the childcare workers tried desperately to plan fun activities so the children wouldn't feel lonely even in the pitch black.

Since the air conditioner wasn't working, I brought a kerosene heater from home.

Every day when I left work, if I hit a rolling blackout, the traffic lights wouldn't be working, and driving was just so, so scary...

And I couldn't buy gasoline; I finally managed to get some for a single 500-yen coin, and every single day I was just thinking about how to get gas.

It was 18 kilometers from my home to my workplace, so I had to drive over 35 kilometers every day...

The trains also stopped running, and I couldn't use them for a while...

On my days off, there were huge lines at the gas stations...

Every day, I measured the radiation levels at the nursery school.

10 years since the Great Earthquake...

My experience is just a small thing☆☆

There are still so many people who cannot return to their hometowns and many who have not been able to return to their former lives.

Since that great earthquake, various disasters have continued in various regions.

By actually experiencing it, you understand people's pain.

But even without experiencing it, how can one understand that pain...

I feel like that is also a theme in 'Welcome Back, Mone'...

That is why I want to buy the script book for 'Welcome Back, Mone' when it is published!

I think it is a drama that condenses not just the earthquake, but truly various ways of living, conflicts, joys, and sorrows.

Parent-child relationships, sibling relationships, friendship, romance,
it's a drama that strikes a chord with everyone,
that kind of drama✨

And the "words" carry weight.

I am often moved by the "words" in the script.

That is why I want the script for "Okaeri Mone"!!

Today, I just tweeted whatever was on my mind.

Thank you for reading <m(__)m>

【書いた人】
江村恵子＠終活ワーカー／ゆるふわおしゃべり相談所
「恵子」さんと呼んでください(*^-^*) 

保育業界を退職して、
縁あって 
『終活』に関する学びと広める活動をしています。

今は、群馬県の 
『終活アドバイザーサークルの代表』を
担っています。 

Noteでは、 
『喜んで豊かに生きる素敵な人生』 
について、 
『終活』（人生の終わりのための準備） 
について、 
また趣味である畑仕事や旅行、
家族のこと・エッセイ 
などを書いています。

終活ワーカー（終活のお手伝いをする人）
終活コーディネーター（リンクワーカー）として、 
「素敵に生きる人生について」
オンライン、オフラインで
「ゆるふわに」お話し会や 座談会、雑談会
相談会などを開催しています。

Twitterもしています。 
Twitterでは、
特に自分で撮った花や自然について 投稿したり、 
同様の投稿をしている人をフォローしたり 
RTしたりしています。 

Noteとも共有で投稿することも多いです 

https://twitter.com/mix8853

よろしくお願いいたします<m(__)m>

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#Tweet
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