ノースカロライナ州の海岸の町Willmington市に在住の昔からの知人Bonnieさんとのメールのやりとりで、昨日は危なかったことを知らせたら、夫のMikeさん（確か、元高校教師だった筈）も言うことをきかずに無理をし過ぎる傾向があり、今年の1月に家族のように親しい友人と一緒に畑仕事をしている時に友人が倒れて、救急車が到着するまで人口呼吸をしたけど亡くなってしまったと知らせてきました。Bonnieさん夫妻は私とほぼ同世代ですが、友人は薬剤師を引退して数年若かったそうです。
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Naoki, I hope that 〇〇〇 scolded you for overdoing, today. Mike is a rabid gardener and often overdoes, too. I beg him to plant fewer plants, every year, but he is deaf to my suggestions! He loves growing vegetables - and is good at it. I tell him to use the good brain that he has! We had a tragedy happen in our yard in January. Mike and our friend, who was more like a brother, collapsed and died as he and Mike were doing light work in preparation for planting. Mike performed chest compressions until the EMTs arrived to no avail. Our friend was slim, a hard worker, a retired pharmacist and several years younger than we are. He and Mike communicated, daily. Tears fell from the eyes of our children and grandchildren at his funeral. Our daughter sang and Mike gave a beautiful eulogy. It has been hard.
