Love Letter: To Princess Handkerchief

I will participate in Sanba Garasu-san's project.
Please read this while playing the video's music.

Having overcome university entrance exams,
I am so incredibly fond of you,
as you are about to fly off soon.

Even though you are an examinee, you come down
from your study room on the second floor humming a tune,
perhaps you might just be
the most laid-back examinee in Japan.

It took a long time because you couldn't quite
figure out what you wanted to do.

What you finally found
was something you truly loved when you were little,
something that if others heard,
"Why something like that?"
"That's not the standard for choosing a career path, is it?"
they would say.

But I understand.
If you don't cherish that small passion,
you will regret it for a long time.

As your mother, I spent my time without ever
realizing what I truly wanted to do.

You loved "Disney" and "Lupin the Third."

We had DVDs of all the Lupin the Third series at home,
and you watched them often. When you became an elementary school student,
you would write the name "Fujiko" on the back of
gel art seashells you made in crafts,
or play "Lupin" with your friends,
a child who spread your love for Lupin to those around you.

When you were even smaller,
when we went to Disney Resort,
"Let's write a letter to Mickey before we go!"
That was what sparked your interest in hiragana, wasn't it?

When you got a little older,
"I want to write a letter to Ariel!"
You even started imitating and writing letters in English.

It was me who was supported in raising you
by "Disney characters."

Once, when you were waiting patiently in a long, long line
to take a picture with a character,
you spilled your precious popcorn.

A cast member approached you as you were about to cry,
spoke to you, and then hurried off somewhere.

And the cast member who returned shortly after
gave you the same flavor of popcorn
that you had just spilled.

This experience of "magic of kindness" became the foundation,
which is why you still love "Disney," right?

Because the criteria for the university you chose were different from others,
your homeroom teacher was surprised during the interview, wasn't he?

"Which university will you change your preference to based on your Common Test results?"
That question was nonsense.

Because my first-choice university has the program and environment I want
to be in.

Even for my safety-school private universities, it wasn't about
famous schools in the West or East that everyone wants to take exams for,
but whether or not they had that program that mattered.

"Your mother isn't opposing it, but I think you understand that from an adult's perspective, those criteria are different," said the teacher.

"My eldest daughter, who takes a long time to decide, has finally found something precious,"
I said, because I felt it was a mother's duty to convey that.

The teacher sensed that saying anything more wouldn't change
your determination or my intentions as a mother.

The important thing is,
it's not about going to a university with a high deviation score.

It's about going to a university where you can do what you want to do.

For that sake, you can push beyond your limits
and focus on your entrance exam studies.

Go ahead without hesitation.
Because when you reach your first goal,
you will surely see what you want to do next.

Even if
while you are learning about hospitality and entertainment
through a work experience program
at the Florida Disney Resort,
you encounter harsh events that make you think
it was "not a dreamland" after all,

it is important that you experience it for yourself.

You should give it a try
because I am rooting for you

From your mother
who has always loved you so much

Furthermore, there are certainly fields of study that can only be learned at top-tier universities and professions that can only be attained through them, so please understand that this article is strictly "in our family's case"!