they don't announce names anymore because the toll is so high
I haven't watched the news lately, I wouldn't have known that. I am now very sad, as she was a dear friend. I first 'met' her in third grade, when we were pen pals for a cultural diversity project. I was to go to Japan as an exchange student in eighth grade, but that didn't work out, so I didn't get to meet her then. I began emailing her, and that's the first time we had actually talked openly. She was the one who first got me into watching anime, after I had complained that American television was no good. Anime is a hobby that has stuck with me since then. I recently had began skyping her, and that was the first time I had ever seen her face. Nobody could have known the joy I felt at that moment, to finally see the face of the girl I had been corresponding with for so long. What started off as a joke between her and I had blossomed into my recent interest in the Japanese language, because we would always talk in English. To lose someone who has truly touched my heart for so long is a rough fall in the climb of life, but I hope to recover from this fall, but truly never forget the cause.
愛してる, 明美
