夫婦で暮らす主人公は、3人の子供を育て上げ、全員が独立した。9ヶ月前に孫が生まれて以来、可愛がっている。息子は子育てに積極的で、手際よく育児をこなしているが、主人公は過干渉になってしまい、息子のパートナーに謝罪することになる。自分の気持ちを改め、二人を支え続ける覚悟を決める。これからも家族の幸せを大切にしたいという。
Continuing from the last time. I live with my husband. They raised three children, all of whom are now independent. Nine months ago, a grandson named Eita was born to our second son, and we took him during the Bon festival. Both my husband and I are completely smitten by Eita’s cuteness! It’s amazing to see Tetsuya deftly preparing milk and changing diapers at times like this. I heard that Yuna is currently working part-time. Tetsuya’s workload is increasing, but…
Tetsuya was quickly changing diapers and preparing milk. I was surprised at how skillful his hands were. Slowly but surely, I started to feel angry towards Yuna, thinking my son was pitiful…
These words came out of my mouth. Yuna immediately rebutted.
“Can you please not say things like that, Mom?”
I was used to Tetsuya’s childcare, so I was imagining the scene at home and speaking words that came out of my mouth. In any case, as Tetsuya said, it’s strange for me to interfere in decisions we made together.
Actually, I should be proud of my son, who is taking care of childcare so seriously as if it were his own responsibility… What did I say? I sincerely regret it and apologized to Yuna.
I want to continue quietly watching over the two of them. And when help is needed, I want to rush to their aid.
Original work: Mama Star Community, Script: Tae Watanabe, Illustration: Yoshida Panda