Tiptoe

Last August one of my friend gave us

some water melons.

She lives in Sendai where the earthquake

attacked on March eleventh 2011.

Since I sent her some foods and water after the disaster,

she gave them to us in return.

I wanted to take photos of my daughters and the melons

because the melons were so big.

When I called them, my youngest daughter

changed her T-shirt and pants to a dress and said,

"Mom, when I stand on tiptoe, I look like an older girl."

She walked to me with square shoulders and stretched herself.

Do you agree with her?

If you want people to think you look younger,

you can't be young.

If you want people to think you look older,

you can't be old, I guess.

Thanks to Gandhi for correcting my English.