The day I connected as 'me,' not by my title

There's that song that goes,
'Can I make 100 friends?' 🎵

But 100 friends,
isn't that a pretty high bar (lol)??

I only have a handful of real-life friends,
how about you?

Besides, making new friends
after becoming an adult
is quite a high hurdle, isn't it?

“So-and-so's wife”
“So-and-so's mom”
“So-and-so department's Reemam”

It feels like


most of the time,
I exist
alongside some kind of title.

That's fine in its own way, but

a place where I can be just “me”

without titles or being someone's someone

I think I want to cherish that, too.

Anyway, my introduction
got super long...💦

This time,
an opportunity came up to take a step forward
from a friend on note...

I met a fellow noter in person,
and we talked for real～👏

We can talk to people far away online now, but...
meeting in person is just
completely different, isn't it?✨

First of all,
“Oh, you really do exist”
is what I thought (← which is obvious, I know 🤣)

And then,
“Oh, you're just as I imagined”
which made me a little happy,

“Oh, that's a bit surprising~”
and having new discoveries 😊

What felt somewhat vague
suddenly became real
in a good way, it became reality

And,
I somehow received so much power ✨

Actually, I didn't just meet
one person...

Let me introduce the person who gave me permission 🌸

Yes, it's rika-san 🌷

I contacted her without much hope, but
she rushed over from far away early in the morning,

and even though my schedule was limited,
she kindly spent time with me,

This in-person meeting (lol) was made possible
thanks to rika-san🌸

I'll leave it to your imagination
what we talked about (lol)

Since we had been interacting within note,
as rika-san also wrote,
it really didn't feel like 'nice to meet you' at all🤭

The multi-talented rika-san,
has recently been hooked on knitting🧶

(This pouch is super cute🩷)

Lately, things have been stagnant, or rather,
it's a time to pause and think...

That's exactly why,
instead of just input and thinking,

actually meeting up,or
talking about my feelings,or
jumping into a different environment,

I feel like things like that
are becoming hints🍀

If possible,
I'd love to hear from more people,
and talk with them too🍀

That's what I thought😊

Today, in my area,
it seems like many schools are holding entrance ceremonies🌸

100 friends,
that might be possible for children, but...

This is what I thought.

Even just one is fine,
it's nice to have a friend who understands you😊

I love being alone🩷
But I'm grateful for the warmth of others,
this was Lee-Mom🎵