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Yesterday, I was organizing my closet. With the mindset of getting rid of everything I'm not using now, I was carefully sorting things out one by one. Among them, my treasure turned up. Letters from my mother, who passed away 22 years ago. I only have six of them left, but I reread, one by one, the letters my mother used to casually send me in everyday life. I looked back on my younger self, wondering whether I had ever written a reply to those letters, but I don't remember. Now that I'm at this age, I realized once again how much my mother cared about me, and how much she worried about me. Feeling lonely and grateful, I can't stop my tears just remembering my mother's letters that I reread yesterday.
| 昨日 | きのう | yesterday |
| 丁寧 | ていねい | careful; with care |
| 宝物 | たからもの | treasure |
| 読み返す | よみかえす | to reread |
| 返事 | へんじ | reply |
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