偶然 : The taxi that brings good luck/happiness.

偶然 : 見ると幸せになるタクシー

The taxi that brings good luck/happiness.

こんばんは､冷たい空気が戻った今週
昨日は母と親戚のおじさんを連れ伸輔の元へ
弟の入院する病院は横浜鶴見川沿いにある大きな病院

NHK朝ドラ「ちむどんどん」の舞台にもなった鶴見
僕の住む街工業地帯のすぐ傍､川崎のすぐ隣
沖縄の方々が多く暮らす街
横浜鶴見区
僕の小学校にも沖縄名字の同級生も多く居ました
沖縄の方々が出稼ぎで出てきて工業地帯で働き
今でも玄関先シーサーを飾っている家を良く見かける川崎工業地帯と隣の鶴見

病院では伸輔の姿を見ると車椅子から立ち上がり
布団の中の伸輔の手を握り話しかける母
土曜日に連れていってあげてから珍しく
すぐにまた逢えた母は嬉しそうで

母の声を聞いてか､伸輔も目蓋を開き
目を開き色んな表情を見せてくれ､口をもぞもぞさせてはあくびをし
何か母に話しているようにも見えました
目が乾燥し流す涙を

初めて見た母は涙が耳に入るから拭いてあげてと……
僕は毎日のように伸輔と向き合っているので
そんな伸輔の表情を涙を見ているのですが
母はちょっとした伸輔の表情の変化が嬉しそうで

こちらも見ていてあたたかな気持ちにさせられます
伸輔の頭が枕から落ちないように枕の下にタオルを挟んで高くしたり
腕が疲れないように腕の下にタオルを敷いたり
足がベッドから落ちないように工夫したり
手足のリハビリを栄養摂取中以外にしたり固まらないようにほぐしたり
伸輔のお嫁さん､しぃちゃんも毎日来て手足を洗ったり頭を洗ったり
伸輔の表情やちょっとした目の違いに
伸輔の気持ちがわかっているように感じるようになったこの頃

でも中々連れてきてあげられない母には
ちょっとした伸輔の動きや表情が新鮮で
嬉しくて
そんな母と伸輔を見ていると子供の頃にかえったような光景に感じます

毎朝の神社へのお祈りももう100日を越えただろう今
神社は既に大晦日とお正月の準備が整い始め
そこには夏の暑さも秋の色も消えて
冷たい冬と新しい年の始まりの空気になり始めています

そんな昨日
帰りのタクシー乗り場へ行くと
たまに街で見かけていたステッカーだらけの
可愛らしいタクシーが停まっていました

そしてその可愛いタクシーに乗り帰りました
車内も張り替えられた内装と何やら色々なグッズを販売しているよう宣伝の張り紙が

ドライバーさんもあたたかな方で
沖縄文化のある鶴見から幸せを届けたい
見る人に幸せを感じてほしい
実際テレビで取り上げられてから
話題になり信号で停まる度写真を撮られているようで

病院からの帰りに幸せを感じて欲しいと……

実際乗っていても街行く人の視線を笑顔を感じました

そして母も幸せそうで
伸輔に幸せがありますようにと
車内で販売しているステッカーを自分のぶんと
伸輔のお嫁さんのぶんと2枚購入していました

そんな伸輔に逢って嬉しそうな､幸せのタクシーに乗って嬉しそうな
そんな母の表情に小さな幸せ感じた昨日の午後でした……

ドライバーさんに了解を得て
母と幸せのタクシーの写真を撮らせていただきました

毎日送っている伸輔へのLINEにもそんな母の姿を送りました
伸輔にも幸せになって欲しいなと思った午後でした

このタクシーの画像を見た皆さんも
小さな幸せを感じてもらえたら良いな

この2025年最後のメンバーBLOG
久しぶりの「髙」メンバーの声にあたたかくなってほしいです……

どうか残り僅かな2025年も
あたたかく優しい日々時間でありますように

最後まで優しい風が心にそっと吹き
幸せを運んでくれますように……

今年も一年間本当にありがとうございました

来年も「髙」をそして漫画家髙橋伸輔を
あたたかく見守ってください

あたたかな気持ちを祈りを本当にありがとうございます

これからも
強く優しくあたたかく
生きよう。

髙橋 昭博

偶然 :The taxi that brings good luck/happiness.

Good evening, the cold air has returned this week.
 Yesterday, I took my mother and a relative to visit Shinsuke.
 The hospital my younger brother is admitted to is a large hospital along the Tsurumi River in Yokohama.

 Tsurumi, which was also the setting for the NHK morning drama “Chimudondon”
 Right next to the industrial area where I live, right next to Kawasaki
 A town where many Okinawan people live
 Yokohama Tsurumi Ward
 In my elementary school, there were many classmates with Okinawan surnames.
 People from Okinawa come to work and work in industrial areas.
 The Kawasaki industrial area and neighboring Tsurumi, where you can still often see houses with Shisa statues displayed at their entrances.

 At the hospital, when he saw Shinsuke, he stood up from his wheelchair.
 Mother holding Shinsuke’s hand under the futon and talking to him
 It’s rare since I took you there on Saturday.
 My mother seemed happy to see me again soon.

 Perhaps hearing his mother’s voice, Shinsuke also opened his eyelids.
 Open your eyes and show me various expressions, and yawn with your mouth open.
 It looked like he was talking to his mother about something.
 Dry eyes and tears

 When my mother saw it for the first time, tears were in her ears so she asked me to wipe them…
 I face Shinsuke every day.
 I was looking at Shinsuke’s expression with tears in his eyes.
 My mother seemed happy to see the slight change in Shinsuke’s expression.

 Watching this also makes me feel warm.
 I put a towel under the pillow to make it higher so that Shinsuke’s head wouldn’t fall off the pillow.
 Put a towel under your arm so your arm doesn’t get tired.
 Trying to keep your feet from falling off the bed
 Rehabilitation of limbs other than during nutritional intake and loosening to prevent stiffness
 Shinsuke’s wife, Shi-chan, also comes every day to wash her hands, feet, and hair.
 Shinsuke’s facial expressions and slight differences in his eyes
 Around this time, I started to feel like I understood Shinsuke’s feelings.

 But for my mother who can’t bring me along
 Shinsuke’s slight movements and expressions are fresh.
 I’m happy
 When I look at my mother and Shinsuke like that, I feel like I’m back in my childhood.

 It has now been over 100 days since I have been praying at the shrine every morning.
 The shrine has already begun to prepare for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
 The heat of summer and the colors of autumn disappear there.
 It’s starting to feel like a cold winter and the beginning of a new year.

 That yesterday
 When I went to the taxi stand for the return trip,
 It’s full of stickers that I sometimes see on the street.
 A cute taxi was parked

 And then I got into that cute taxi and went home.
 The interior of the car has been reupholstered and there are signs advertising various goods for sale.

 The driver was also a warm person.
 I want to bring happiness from Tsurumi, which has Okinawan culture.
 I want the viewer to feel happy
 After it was featured on TV
 It became a hot topic and it seems like people are taking pictures every time I stop at a traffic light.

 I want you to feel happy when you return from the hospital…

 Even when I was actually riding, I could feel the smiles on my face as people passing by on the street looked at me.

 And my mother seems happy too
 I hope Shinsuke finds happiness.
 Take the stickers sold inside the train and call them your own.
 I bought two for Shinsuke’s wife.

 He looks happy to meet Shinsuke, and he looks happy to be riding in a happy taxi.
 Yesterday afternoon, I felt a little happiness in my mother’s expression…

 Get the driver’s consent
 I took a photo of my mother and her happy taxi ride.

 I also sent pictures of my mother on LINE to Shinsuke, which I send every day.
 It was an afternoon where I wanted Shinsuke to be happy too.

 Everyone who saw this taxi image
 I hope you feel a little happiness

 This last member blog of 2025
 I hope that the voices of the “Taka” members who haven’t heard from each other in a long time will warm you up…

 Please, there is only a few years left in 2025.
 May your days be warm and kind.

 Until the end, a gentle wind blows gently in my heart
 I hope it brings you happiness…

 Thank you very much for this year as well.

 Next year as well, “Taka” and manga artist Shinsuke Takahashi
 Please watch over me warmly

 Thank you very much for your warm wishes and prayers.

 From now on too
 strong, gentle and warm
 Let’s live.

Akihiro Takahashi