Dear Mom,

Happy Mother's Day!

Do you like the flowers that I gave you this morning? I hope you do. It's a beautiful bouquet. I saw it in the florist and I knew I had to get it.

It's been a while since I last wrote to you. I'm sorry for that. I've been super busy these days. Two months ago, I finally graduated from high school. I just started university and everything is going great so far. I'm taking communication course. I want to work in the radio station one day. I know it's not going to be easy and I have to study hard, and I will.

Everyone is doing well. Dad just got that promotion last month. Now he gets to lead his own team of young archeologists and we're all so proud of him! He's been wanting that promotion for some time now and he finally got it! I guess this means that he'll be away more, but that's okay. He really loves his job and I'm just happy that he's happy. He's going to have his first major expedition next week and he's been busy preparing for it.

Touya is doing well too. He's been working hard for a promotion. I hope he'll get it soon. He's a hard worker and very smart. I hope that his bosses would recognize that. I don't see him too often these days, since he moved out a few months ago. He lives with Yukito now and they're both happy.

I guess, I'll spend more time being home alone, especially when Dad is going on a long expedition. That's okay. I have Kero to keep me company and I'll be busy with school too. Besides, I also have Eriol. He often comes over to hang out and keep me company.

Speaking of, we're both doing well too. Eriol has started working online. You can do a lot of things online nowadays. He's buying and selling stocks. I don't understand about that kind of thing and he usually talks to Touya about it. He said he wants to start working now so that he can provide for me. You have nothing to worry about. I know he's going to take a good care of me. I'm so happy when I'm with him, Mom. We've been together for almost three years now and he makes me so happy. Is this how Dad made you feel?

I'm going to tell you a secret, ok? I don't really like Mother's Day. I guess, it kind of reminds me that you're not around and seeing those people with their moms, it kind of makes me jealous. I know, I know. It's not good to be jealous of such thing, but I just can't help it. I wish you were here so that I can talk to you about these things. So that we can talk about food, fashion, friends, boys... But all I can do is to write you letters.

Sometimes, I wish I'm like Touya or Eriol. So that I could see you and talk to you. But it's just a wishful thinking... I know I should be grateful for what I have, for my magic, Dad and Touya, Eriol, my friends, and my guardians, but I just can't help it, you know... Does that make me a bad person? I don't know.

I guess, Mother's Day just makes me miss you, Mom. Even though technically I never quite got to know you, I still miss you. Dad has done a great job raising me and Touya and I'm so grateful for him, but it's still not quite the same.

Oh, I've got to go now. I promise I'll write more often, ok?

Love always,

Sakura

Sakura put down her pen and sighed. She folded the letter and put it in an envelope. She sealed the envelope and wrote 'To Mom' at the front before opening her drawer and took out a box. She put the box on her desk and opened it. It was filled with other envelopes, all unopened, all addressed to her mother.

This habit had started when she was young. After her mom passed, her father helped her make cards on Mother's Days and Nadeshiko's birthdays. As Sakura got older, the cards stack got higher and one day, about five years ago, she started writing letters instead of making cards. She wrote the letters not only on special days, but when she felt like she wanted to tell her something. At first, it felt awkward, but once she got into it, things started flowing naturally. She wrote about her friends, her school, her family, her feelings, and everything else.

Sakura knew that her mom's spirit was still around and she probably knew about the things that she wrote, but she just wanted to do this because it had felt right.

Sakura never told her dad or Touya about these letters. They just assumed she stopped making cards because she got older.

This morning, when Sakura woke up, she went to the florist to pick up the bouquet of flowers that she had ordered a few days ago. Afterwards, she headed to the cemetery to pay respect to her mother. She met Touya at the gate and he had his own flowers too. They went to the grave, placed their flowers, paid their respect and cleaned the grave. Afterwards, they had lunch together, just the two of them. This was a habit that they started a couple of years back.

Sakura put the letter in the box and closed it gently. She returned the box back to the drawer and closed it. She got up and went downstairs to start cooking dinner.

"Happy Mother's Day, Mom." Sakura said as she walked past Nadeshiko's picture on her way to the kitchen.