Why did this disease choose me?

Sad.

One word best describing the whole drama.

I’m not good at writing synopsis, and I just wanna share something. It’s a 2005 Japanese drama, based on true story. Quite straightforward plot, telling a story about a 15-year-old high school girl who had soooo many dreams and activities, but had to lose them all because of her disease, spinocerebellar degenerative disease, or spinocerebellar ataxia. This disease is rare, incurable, and genetically inherited. It attacked Aya Kitō Ikeuchi’s cerebellum (a part of brain) and made her lose coordination day by day. Starting from the four limbs, which caused clumsy motions, sight, speech, and even problems in swallowing.

Aya (July 19, 1962 – May 23, 1988) had a strong reason to live on : writing her story. This has been published and encouraged so many people. One of the most famous words is:

“Just being alive is such a lovely and wonderful thing.”

What I learnt so much from her (like most of the others, likely) is.. Oh God, she was a really tough girl. Keep on being kind and optimistic. Really, until her last breath in her age of 25. And the atmosphere of togetherness, either family or friends, can be felt strongly.

A part I like the most from the drama is when Aya’s sister, Ako Ikeuchi, started to change her mind about her sister and worried so much about Aya’s health. Also the part when she was extremely angry to her younger brother because he was ashamed of Aya. The saddest words I think is:

“One day, when the time comes, I want to sleep amongst the flowers”

I guess we shouldn’t be as tough as her, but at least we should be thankful for our life.

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