When I said to my mother about ten years ago that I had wanted to quit city staff and run for a candidate as Ibaraki City Assembly, she suddenly became ill and had been sick in bed for three days.

And my wife unwillingly agreed saying " You've already decided your mind! " But now she has always supported my activities as a assembly member.

When my first election, my son is only a little boy. But now he is taller than I, and become very strong. And before I became forty years old, my first daughter Haruka, whom both my wife and I had been looking forward to, was born suffering from dowm syndrome.

Three days after her birth, her breath stopped temporary because of cyanosis. My daughter should stay for a long time at Osaka Medical Takatuki Hospital where she was born. It was just about the time when that Hanshin Awaji Great Earthquake occured.

Our family has had verious kinds of experiences with happiness, pleasure, sorrow and suffering. Yet all of us shall live together step by step with hope for the future.

Profile

■ Name : Nobuhiko Nakamura
■Date of birth : 11/3/1955

■A blood group : A-type
■Heught / Weight : 172cm / 70.5Kg

■Hobby : Jogging/skiing/golf/music etc

■capacity : care manager
■Job : a member of municpal assembly in Ibaraki City
■Officer :
Excutive director social welfare TOYOKAWA FUKUSIKAI
DIrector Japan Down Syndrome Society
Director Japan Down Syndrome Network
Director Osaka Human rights Association

The album of  Haruka

 When we found out that our daughter, Haruka is Dawn’s syndrome, we couldn’t stop crying. However, she is very healthy now. We thank god for giving us Haruka. This is the album of her growth.