C-2400 Adultery, and Then… 006: Continuing Life Journey #017

Born on a ranch in Hokkaido and raised in the midst of nature, she married a younger man she met through work after finding a job locally, and was blessed with children. Even though every day felt happy, her husband’s transfer to Tokyo changed their lives dramatically. Weakening relationships, children who struggled to adjust to the new environment, and a longing for her hometown weighed on her. At forty, the married woman set out on a journey… (Life Chronicle #17).

Everyone else seemed to be moving forward, while I alone felt left behind and lonely… Now forty-six, and in the twenty-second year of her marriage, she struggled between her dreams and reality within a family that was living with an eye toward the future: her husband’s independence and the paths chosen by their two children. Longing for life in Hokkaido, the married woman was tormented by the feeling that she was the only one being left behind… What should she live for from here on? At such a time, she recalled a journey from her past…