Tuesday, April 17, 2007

What is the largest sacrifice you ever made?



I gave up my motorcycle for my wife. My wife is a little afraid of motorcycles and she was worried. Yes, motorcyles are dangerous so I had to sacrifice my motorcycle for my wife.



Now, I would probably sacrifice almost anything for our little baby Emma.


So, what is the largest sacrifice you ever made?

37 comments:

Jeremy said...

Cogratulations! You and Izumi are going to be great parents.

Anonymous said...

Nice to meet you.
I'm very happy to meet you today because I couldn't meet you last Wednesday.

Congratulations on Emma's birth.
She is very cute!
Iwant to see more photos of your princess"Emma".

Anonymous said...

I sacrificed my junior-high school life and high school life for "Wind Orchestra Club" activities.Of cource,it was a wonderful experiences,but the trouble is that my studying was thrown away somewhere.
As a result,I failed examination for entering universities.So,I had to study high school subjects for entering this university for one extra year.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations!!
Emma is very very pretty☆

What is the largest sacrifice...
I don't make any sacrifice,I think.

But,I want to be a good mother who can sacrifice alomost anything for my children,like you:-)

Anonymous said...

Wow!!That's goog news!!Congratulations!!!
Your baby is so pretty,you know.
I'm very glad to see you and Emma.
I hope you and your families to be happy forever.

Anonymous said...

Nice to meet you.
I'm glad to meet you.

Congratulations!!
How cute! I wanna meet Emma.
I think she is great blessing to you.
Ⅰ hope your happiness of your family.

Ⅰ have never thought of my largest sacrifice I ever made.
I can't conceive now.

Anonymous said...

Cogratulations!

My largest sacrifice in my life is time.
I studied hard in 2006-2007,Feb.
Therefore I am happy now.

Anonymous said...

I made a big sacrifice last year. Because I had to study to enter university,I stopped playing the guitar.It was verry sad to see the fingers of my left hand became soft.

Anonymous said...

Emma is so cute:)

My largest sacrifice is...time and true feeling. Because of entrance exam. To tell the trues, I wanted to live free.For example,go shopping, playing with friend.To endure its feeling,very hard for me. It likes pain.

But now,I do not feel it. My largest sacrifice gives me campus life.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations!
Your baby is so cute!^^
I want to see her picture more and more!!

Your question is so diffucult...uhh
The largest sacrifice I ever made is...time, I think.
I sacrificed time to study to enter the university.
I could choose using the time to do my hobby etc..., but I didn't choose it, so I'm able to enjoy the life here now.
So, I think sacrificing the time wasn't useless.^^

Anonymous said...

I have sacrificed much free time.Bcause I have a dream,I have to spare much time.But I don't mind it.Bcause such way is pleasing!

Anonymous said...

My largest sacrifice is my breaked elbow.
I had played baseball for seven years,but I breaked my elbow.
My position was a second baseman and a pitcher.
Now,I can't play baseball so much.
In university,I belong to a badminton club.

Anonymous said...

The largest sacrifice I ever made is my cat.
I move from my grandmother's house this spring.There was a big cat there.He is at the same place now.So I can't see him everyday like the days I had lived there.
I'm sad,but I can see him when I go to my grandmother's house.I'm looking for seeing him.

Anonymous said...

The largest sacrifice I ever made is piano,I think.When I started to study for the examination,I stopped playing or practicing piano.
I want to play piano again but it is difficult to move my fingers as ever.So I regret it.

Anonymous said...

My hobby is watching movies. I always paid so much for buying DVDs. "Star Wars" DVDs costed me a lot of money, so I should have gave up for buying other DVDs.

Anonymous said...

What a pretty baby!
I think that she may be so fortunate to have such a good father who love her very much.
Cherishing family is greatly important.

Anonymous said...

Hello mr.EJ my name is ryuta suzuki.
The most biggest sacrifice of me is my girlfriend.
she is my classmate of elementaryschool.we were so friendry.
But she transfer to Osaka at end of first year.We have not met since then.I want to meet her.However I do not know where she lives now.

Anonymous said...

Your baby is so cute! You are going to nice father.
I love wathing movies too.My
favorite movie is The Lord Of The
Ring,because I like fantasy.

Anonymous said...

Hello, nice to meet you!

I've never made so large sacrifice...
But when I started to prepare for the emtrance exam, I stopped to watch TV.
As far as I conceive, it is the largest one..

Anonymous said...

when I was 3 years old,one day I went to toilet alone.However I locked the key inside,and I did't know how to open it.The key could open only inside,so I could't go out!I cried so much for a long time.
Then my family came to the door,and my uncle helped me. They were very worried about me. About 30 minutes later I could go out.
My family and I can't remember this accident.

Anonymous said...

Hi.
My name is yusuke.
I lost my pet "chamy"in April 15.
I felt so sad at tha time.
She was a very cute and friendly rabbit.
I always took care of her.
So I never forget her

Anonymous said...

I wanted to entrance to university,so when I'm in high-school,I sacrificed to talk with my classmates because I wanted to study hard.Especially I'm 12th grade I usually study all the time.But now I regret that because I know that to spend the time with firends is very important for my life.Thank you.

Anonymous said...

I sacrificed my watch.
I gave my watch for my friend because she move to America.
I liked the watch very much, but I wanted her to remember me when she sees the watch.

Anonymous said...

Emma is so cute!!!!!!!

I never made a large sacrifice for anybody...
But I must sacrifice anything for her or him, if i had such a pretty baby, too! :)

Anonymous said...

When I was a elementary school student,I loved stuffed animal so much.But when we moved to new house,I had to throw away them,for my house was so untidy.As I was so sad,I gave up my favorite stuffed animal to clean the house.

Anonymous said...

I wanted to become a hairdresser and a clinical psychotherapist when I was sixteen years old.
But it is impossible to materialize two dreams.
I was uneasy about the future.
Thereafter I thought I want to help someone.
So I determinded to be a clinical psychotherapist.
My largest sacrifice is to be a hairdresser.

Anonymous said...

I gave up learning calligraphy when I was hugh school student.
I had learned calligraphy since I was seven years old. So I loved calligraphy and instructor who teached me. But, I entered high school, I bigan badminton club. This club so hard and busy that I chould not continue the calligraphy. So I retured it.
This is the largest sacrifice.

Anonymous said...

I have little maney.so,I have to earn maney.Now I work a five days week.Do you think that it is much too hard? I sacrifice a lot of free time for my living.

Anonymous said...

Emma is very cute. I want to see her. I wish she would be a nice lady.
The motorcycle is cool. If I had a license, I would like to drive. But I also think it is dengerous. And I am worried too.
The largest sacrifice I ever made is time. I spare time for coming to school. So now I am thinking how to use this time effectively.

Anonymous said...

Cogratulations for being borned your baby!
Your baby is so cute:-)
I want to see your baby!

My largest sacrifice is time.
I think time is money.
I want to play musical in univercity times,so I enter the musical project,and I practice dancing ,singing,acting.
Because we want not to see noncommittal musical for our audience.
But,I have to study....
So,if a day had more than 24 hours,I could do more studies and practicing for musical.

Anonymous said...

Your baby is very prety!

My largest sacrifice were club of college.I want to many thing;playing tennis,skiing,being team secretary,diving and so on.
On the other hand I want to study and work part-time.
I can not do them all.
So I have to sacrifice a lot of thing.
I was worry for a long time.
Then I decide a very good club to me.
Do my best!!

Anonymous said...

Nice to meet you.

The largest sacrifice of mine I have ever made is time.
Last year,I studied hard to pass the entrance examinations for some universities.The examination is so difficult,and I had to study 8 hours a day.
I coudn't make time for my hobbys, Seeing movies,watching TV,reading books,sleeping long time,so I put up with them for a year.
Through that endure,I coud enter this university.

Anonymous said...

I do not have experience like you.But when I was studying for entrance exam I gave up practicing Kyudo(Japanese archery) temporary.After entrance exam finished, I began to practice Kyudo.I enjoy it very much now.

EJ said...

There are so many nice comments. Thank you for your nice comments. We all need to make sacrifices. I think that it is a part of growing.

Anonymous said...

I gave up continueing to play music in symphony orchestra to save time to study and money.
Because who join in symphony orchestra must buy own musical instrument and it is too expensive for me that I can't pay for it by myself.
And I belong to Niiza Cnmpus but activity of orchestra is held in Ikebukuro Campus.
So I gave up.I'm very sad.But I think my choice is correct to enjoy my campus life.

Anonymous said...

I sacrificed time during summer vacation last year.Because of school festival performance practice with classmates.The practice is very hard .BUt our effort made the performance a successful.I was very very happy and moved. Certainly classmates feel like same emotion. We had a very good time.

Anonymous said...

EJ & Izumi,

Firstly congratulations on Emma's birth!!!! She is very cute!!!

Largest sacrifice..... well I guess on the surface it looks as if having a Wife, toddler, twins (on the way) and a dog who snores means I have sacrificed time. But the deeper I think about it, the more I realise I have not sacrificed my time. I have traded my time for priceless time and memories with my family.

You are going to have so much fun as a parent - you grow as a person. You get to see a little human being - part of you - develop. The first roll, walk, talk - fantastic moments. The first time you hear " Daddy I love you" brings a tear to your eye! :-)

My largest sacrifice is when I don't spend time with my family.