Happy Fuchi Day!
by rebecca ~ April 27th, 2006. Filed under: Ordinary Miracles.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FUCHI!
Fuchi is the coolest 71-year-old I know. She teaches the bi-monthly class in Ainu embroidery, and I love her for her quick wit, candor, and bright sunshine-y energy.
Unlike most folks I’ve met in Japan, she gives people hugs and double-handed handshakes without hesitation. She helps us stitch and design our work and often tells us tales of her 50-year old stint at marriage and about being an Ainu woman in Hokkaido. She has a lot of strength and power. No one can keep her down.
Here’s to hoping we can all live our lives to the fullest each & every day–no matter what we may face.