“Please, stay exactly as you are. Don’t get wrinkles. Don’t get tired. Don’t stop laughing like that. Don’t ever leave me.”
This weekend, call your mother. Or, if you are a mother, hug your child. Don’t ask them to stay the same. Instead, whisper a different version:
The Eternal Plea of Childhood: Deconstructing “Itsu made mo Boku dake no Mama no Mama de ite…”
“Please, stay exactly as you are. Don’t get wrinkles. Don’t get tired. Don’t stop laughing like that. Don’t ever leave me.”
This weekend, call your mother. Or, if you are a mother, hug your child. Don’t ask them to stay the same. Instead, whisper a different version: Itsu made mo Boku dake no Mama no Mama de ite- ...
The Eternal Plea of Childhood: Deconstructing “Itsu made mo Boku dake no Mama no Mama de ite…” “Please, stay exactly as you are