Michiko Mokudai, an old student of mine who is suffering from cancer is in a critical condition.

   It took me almost all afternoon and evening to design and print our New Year cards. But in the morning, I, as usual, went out for walking as far as Kawazoe. Ayako went to the hospital to check her diabetes in the morning.
   Miki Takano, one of my old students, emailed me saying Michiko Mokudai, one of her old classmates, is suffering from the side-effect of her cancer treatment. Michiko was diagnosed with cancer, and was expected to live less than three months. First, her cancer was found in her breast, then it metastasized to her lung. In September, she and her husband held their wedding, which they hadn't done when they had got married a few years before, and I attended it. I remember her smiles then. I pray for her and wish the miraculous recovery would happen.