I have decided to keep a journal for my friends in the American United States.
I am doing well here in Honshu. The family company is running smoothly now, and I have relinquished much of the more technical aspects to more capable hands. However, I am still on the Board of Trustees as the "Creative Director", which sounds silly for a man who makes soft drinks. However, I will not relinquish my supervisory role in the corporation. Mother would have wanted it that way.
For those of my American friends who remember Mother, she was headstrong and moody at times, but she always knew exactly what she wanted and how to get it. That's what I admired about her, even if it is what overtook her in the end. Robert, if you are reading this, do you remember Mother's lycee pudding? I served you some at the last conference, where we met. You were just an intern at the time, and I was learning the ropes of the business. I loved that pudding.
But, enough reminiscing. The website for the company is up now, and Satoshi tells me it will be finished by November of this year. I never thought I would be making money off of Mother's little soda venture, let alone selling T-shirts! It is a strange and wonderful new day.
Yours,
G.Y.
