700 Likes! I'm so touched!!!

I woke up this morning and opened note without thinking.
A single notification had arrived on my screen.

“Your articles have received a total of 700 likes!”

700 times—.

Looking only at the number, it might just be a milestone.
But behind every single one of those “likes”,
there is someone who spent their precious time reading my articles.
The moment I thought of that, my heart felt warm and fuzzy.

I am not someone who can write anything special.

Things about raising children.
Things about stationery.
Things about travel.
Events that made me laugh unexpectedly.
Stories about days when my heart felt a little lighter.

A place where I can be myself, just as I am, without being anyone in particular.

That is precisely why the presence of all of you,
who send me signals like
“I read it”
or “It reached me”
regarding my imperfect daily life,is truly something I am grateful for, and it gives me the strength to write the next line.

Thank you so much for accepting my words, which I write without trying to be anything I'm not.

700 likes is not the finish line.

“I want to write something more interesting.”
“I want to try writing something that stays in someone's heart even more.”

It is a new start, where I have been able to think that way.

From here on out, I will continue to write, one by one, stories that make you chuckle,
stories that make your heart feel a little lighter,
and sometimes stories that quietly warm your heart.

I would be happy if you would come by to take a look
whenever you happen to remember me again.

And on that day, too,
I will be waiting,
having prepared an article that you will think
“I'm glad I read this.”

Because today, when 700 “likes” arrived,
I remembered an article.
Just praising someone in your heart
doesn't reach them.
It is a story about the day I realized that simple truth.