Hi Mom,
So, 2 years ago today you left. I have a lot to say, so sorry if it's all jumbled.
I'll start with small things. Ummm, I really need your help in Algebra 1 right now. You helped me with math a lot, so I'm going to assume you can do systems of equations word problems well. I have an 89 in math, but an A in every other class! I know you'd tell me that it was okay, and if I really wanted that A (even though I didn't need it) then I would have to do all the extra credit and study hard and you would help me do that. I have become really focused on my grades, but not always in a good way. I cry sometimes on tests when I get frustrated, and even sometimes on homework. I wish I didn't care so much, but I do. (Wonder who I got that from)
Next thing, umm, science fair. Argh, my project is so bad. It's a social experiment, which isn't real science But I couldn't find an interesting project that I liked, so I had to do this one. Nicole is decomposing plastic! (Nicole, by the way, is one of my best friends at school, but she is better than me at everything except language arts, and there is always a little bit of uncomfortable air between us.) I know if you were here, you would search hard with me to find a good one, but you wouldn't do the project for me because as you've said, parents who do their kids work for them are blocking their kids from learning. But, you would help me if I got frustrated and you would calm me down, as you were always really good at that.
Also, a bit about school, I write my name as Mila E. Tomizuka, and almost everytime I do, I think of you and how you told us to always put an E because it's not all about the fathers name and you should honor this side of the family too.
Next, I really think you would like my friend Mia. First things first, we have the same exact initials, which is really cool. She is probably my closest friend, and she is the only one of my friends who I can really talk to, and she knows that you're gone. I can just talk to her about you like its no big deal, which is nice because she doesn't treat like I'm fragile.
I also think you'd like Dads girlfriend, Adriane, if she wasn't dating him. She doesn't act like she's our mother, but she also cares about us a lot, and Dad is really happy. She also has a daughter named Lucy, who is one of my best friends. I really like Adriane, too. You guys are a lot alike.
Guess what? Donald Trumpbis running for president and it's hilarious because he just keeps making a fool of himself. There's also a retired neurosurgeon who says that the Egyptian pyramids were built by Joseph to hold wheat. But, I'm all for Bernie Sanders, and I think you would be too.
Also, I have this teacher named Ms. Cannon. She is US History, and Senna had her too. The thing is, Senna hated Ms. Cannon, and from what Senna has told me, Ms. Cannon didn't like her and wasn't a very good teacher. I, on the other hand, really like Ms. Cannon. I think that she is a good teacher and is really cool.
See? This is why I wish you hadn't left, because now I have to sprawl out all my thoughts in a huge mess that other people who visit your page may get annoyed at. I don't blame, hate, or resent you at all, I just wish you hadn't left. My life would be a whole lot better, and I just miss you like there is a hole in my heart that can't ever really be filled, but it gets smaller when I talk to you like this. I love you infinity and beyond!
Mila
PS do you know the show Grey's Anatomy? Well, I'm obsessed now.❤