During the summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to go to Japan for 15 days as a community participant with Columbus-Kiryu Exchange Program. As a part of the program, each participant was assigned to live with a Japanese Family for a weekend. I can remember, vividly, the bedroom of Mrs. Tokita, who was the mother of the family. It had a classic Japanese appearance. Part of the floor had a glossy cedarwood finish, and the other …showed first 75 words of 322 total…

…showed last 75 words of 322 total…that was lie each morning as she prayed and shared the events in her life with her late husband. She even placed my gifts to her before the shrine of her husband, so that she share them with him before they were used. The shrine included a very handsome picture of her husband which sat right above the candle. Needless to say the shrine was the most beautiful and most captivating part of the room.