Category: Diary

This diary entry is part 5 of 28 in Lily's diary dated 21 - March 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!!!

So, today we went to church, as usual.  It was a typical day at church.  You know, stand up, sit down, sing, chant, listen to pastor do pastor stuff, and get chocolate pancakes after. 

I think the pastor has been paying attention, because today the sermon was “Come and taste the goodness of God”, and… and… he compared God to CHOCOLATE!!!  And looked RIGHT AT ME when he did it!!!

Dangit!!!

Not gonna lie.  That was funny.  I was giggling.

It’s not a very big congregation and pastor knows his flock, I guess.

But that’s… an interesting way of putting it.  I like Chocolate!  Is God as good as chocolate???

So tonight Jack and I had a date!!! We… didn’t do anything special.  We just spent some time together, and that’s always nice.  I went over to his place, but his family was there, so we cuddled on the couch and watched a movie.  Grace and Lily (the dog) climbed all over us and then conked out.  Grace is so cute!  I hope my kids are like her!!!

They’d better like chocolate though!!!

I didn’t get to spend any time alone with him tonight, but it was still nice, and we did get to cuddle.

I’m getting ready for my trip to LA too!!!  They told me to bring sunscreen, sunglasses, and a swimsuit!  I’ll look like a karen!  Awww!!!  I bet I’ll meet a lot in California!  It’s karenland!!!  haha!!!

Okay!!! Bedtime!!!

Love you all!!! ❤

This diary entry is part 4 of 28 in Lily's diary dated 21 - March 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!

I think, not having memories isn’t always a bad thing.

Today, Beth told me about a memory she had when she was little.  It wasn’t a very good memory.  Not all her memories are bad, obviously, but they’re not good either.  And Jack has told me in the past that there are memories he wishes he didn’t have.  And I… I got a clean slate!  I started over when I was fourteen!  I remember my first taste of pizza!  I liked it!  I had a lot of firsts, that were probably not firsts, but to me they were!  So… so I got a first time on a lot of things twice!!!

I mean, I’m sure I had pizza before!  Maybe not, but I think I did!  I mean, what kid doesn’t get pizza at least once?  Even if their parents are strict!

And I went to Japan when I was 9, apparently.  But I don’t remember it, or even really know what I was doing there!  So…  I went again!  And I had a really good time!

I…  I have mixed feelings anymore about not having memories.  Oh, sure, I’d like them back.  But I think… I think I’m okay with not having them.  Sure, I don’t remember anything.  But I never lost my skills, I lost a family that it seems didn’t really love me (from what Mrs. Doily said), and I gained one that does.  I gained a boyfriend, I gained a trust account (at least I think that’s why), and…  and…

And maybe it was worth the trade.

Maybe it was.

I’ll still seek, I’ll still try to find out, I’ll still hope to get my memories back…  but if I never do…  I think I’m okay with that.  I love my family, I love my boyfriend, I love my life, and that’s why I have all these things.

It’s been nearly three years since I was found on the side of the road, and…  and I’m starting to be glad for that.  I wish it hadn’t happened, but…  but…  but life is so good now, and…  maybe that’s the price I pay for such a wonderful life.

Everything comes with a price, as Dave says.

Today was pretty boring, but Jack is taking me out tomorrow!! Yay!!!

Love you all!!! ❤

This diary entry is part 3 of 28 in Lily's diary dated 21 - March 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!!!

It’s Friday!!! And Allison had her choir concert today!!!

It was fun!!!

All those kids in their black and green t-shirts singing stuff!!! They sang “Top of the World”, “Revolting Children”, and even “Sky Full of Stars”!!  They did a good job!!!  Except some of the kids couldn’t stand still!  Hahaha!!!

Allison is a good singer!!!

Speaking of singing, Beth wants to take singing lessons!!!  I asked my piano teacher if she could recommend someone, but we haven’t found the right person.  She’s not a bad singer at all!!!

So after Allison’s choir, we had a nice family night.  The girls didn’t come over tonight, and we just watched a movie as a family.  It was nice.  Beth and I spent some time talking and doing each others’ hair too!!!  We don’t do that often enough – there’s always so much to do.  But sisters need to make time, right?

I have my tickets to go to LA!!!  I hope it’s fun!!! It’s been snowy in the LA area, but I guess it’s clear for the near future.  I hope I don’t get caught in snow!  Awww!!! I like snow, but you don’t go to LA for snow, y’know?

I’ve chatted a bit with Robert, but haven’t really met his wife or Rebecca.  I hope she’s nice!!!  She’s my half sister, after all!!!

Oh!  And everyone’s going to Japan!!!  The whole family!!!  Emiko and Aika and Mika too!!!  This’ll be fun!!! If… ummm… a little crowded?  Ai can’t wait!!  David wants to see Akihabara!!!

Anyway, was a good day.  Maybe Beth would like to join a choir!!!

Love you all!!! ❤

This diary entry is part 2 of 28 in Lily's diary dated 21 - March 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!!!

It stormed tonight!  I mean REALLY stormed!!!

High winds and lots of rain and some tornadoes too!  But thankfully not here!  Just very high winds!

Marie was scared!  Cat didn’t care!  Hahaha!!!

But that’s how storms are in Texas.  They come very quickly, with a lot of wind and rain, and then they leave as quickly as they come!!!

But it’s all quiet now!!!  I can even take Marie outside before bed!!!

Tomorrow is Allison’s choir concert!!!  Can’t wait!!! And my trip to LA is next week!!!  Yaaaayyy!!!

I’m kind of excited.  I’ve never been to LA except at the airport on the way to Japan.

Okay!!!  Guess it’s bedtime now!!!

Love you all!!! ❤

This diary entry is part 1 of 28 in Lily's diary dated 21 - March 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!

It’s MARCH!!!

Time sure does go fast, doesn’t it?  Seems like just yesterday it was February! Hahaah!!!

I didn’t post last night.  No real reason.  I just didn’t feel like posting.  I get to have a break too!!! But I’m posting tonight!  You get to hear from your favorite chocolate-loving half-Japanese girl!!!

Beth’s birthday is in March too!

Shell turn 16!!!

She can date!!!

…  I’m not sure Sabby wants her to.  But a promise is a promise.   Right?

Tomorrow is a risk of severe storms!!!  I hope we don’t get a tornado like last year!  Aww!!!

Beth’s getting better at driving, which is good.  She hasn’t crashed into anything lately, and she’s taking it pretty seriously.  She’s a pretty serious girl.  She’ll get it.  I know she will!!!

Love you all!!! ❤

This diary entry is part 27 of 27 in Lily's diary dated 20 - February 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!

I found out today that Allison won her science fair!!!  YAYY FOR ALLISON!!!  Beth has won a few science fairs, too.  I’ve never been to one, but I bet I’d do okay.

Her project was about plants and different liquids.  Like, umm… water, and sugar water, and other things that may or may not be good for plants.  David had a suggestion for a liquid she could try.

He made that suggestion in front of Sabby, and, well, he’s grounded.

Kid never seems to learn.

Also, she’s got a choir concert Friday!!! We might go!!!

Otherwise, just a Monday.  Not a bad Monday, not a good Monday, just a Monday.  Sabby didn’t feel like cooking tonigh, so she ordered pizza and those chocolate lava cakes.  YUMMM!!!!!  I love pizza and chocolate lava cakes!!!

But what girl my age doesn’t???

Okay!!! Marie got walked, Beth got brushed, so I’m going right to bed now!!!

Love you all!!! ❤

This diary entry is part 26 of 27 in Lily's diary dated 20 - February 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!

We went to Houston today to see Emiko and her family!!!

It was pretty fun, actually.  I haven’t seen them for a while, so we chatted for a little while, ate Japanese food, and went to see Aika and Mika play some soccer at a local facility!!!

They had fun!!!

I’ve never played soccer.  Not sporty, like I said.  But they’re pretty good at it!

Aika nailed some poor boy in the head with a ball, and Mika got a couple of fouls too.  They’ play for keeps!  Haha!!!

After dinner, we went home.  Got school tomorrow!  But I told Emiko how we’re going to Japan this summer, and… she wants to come with us again!  That might be fun!  Besides, Sabby needs a tour guide.  Hahaha!!!

Okay!  I’m tired!  It was a lot of driving!  At least it was warm today!!!

Love you all!!! ❤

This diary entry is part 25 of 27 in Lily's diary dated 20 - February 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!

And today was lazy!

We don’t get a lot of lazy days, but today was one!!!

We all slept in.  When we woke up, I was kind of curled up, and I had a girl snuggled up to my front, one up to my back, Liz and Beth were both sprawled over the three of us… and that dang dog Marie was plopped down squarely on top of everyone!

Marie knows a good thing when she has it!

Cat was on the foot of my bed too just wondering what the heck was going on.  But she always looks that way.

I’m so surprised my bed has stood up to all of this!!!

But I hadda go to the bathroom!!!

So after waking everyone up, we did our stuff, and Sabby made us a big breakfast!  She’s good that way!  The shop was open but she’s kind of pulled back from the day to day unless there’s a need for her to do baking – the baker tends to have things well in hand right now!  Did I mention she’s really good???

Oh speaking of which, cat-girl got a couple of her friends through the hiring process, and now she”s got some help!!!  Business has never been better!!! We even had our second Japanese tourist show up!  I have no idea how they’re finding out about us!!!

And my cute frilly puffy dress showed up too!!! It’s so cute!

Aaaanyway, after breakfast, we played games and watched youtube and did fun girl stuff!  What is fun girl stuff?  Well… it’s girl stuff that’s fun!  Hahaaha!  Well…  things like trying different hairstyles, makeup, you know all that stuff.  Crystal tends to overdo it a bit, but that’s just Crystal.  Often the girls leave in the morning but today we made a day of it!!!

Besides, I think all the parents wanted a break.  Hahaha!!!

So later on, we went to the mall!!!  I mean, when you got five girls between 14 and 17, what else would we do but… go to the mall?  It was fun!!!  Except…  except Crystal seemed a little sad.

I asked her why, and she said she remembered being homeless and not having any money, and it didn’t feel right going to the mall.  It felt like… like she didn’t deserve it or something.

I need to talk to Sabby, I guess.  But I was able to fix the immediate problem by buying her a boatload of chocolate and stuffing her full of cinnabon.

I keep saying, chocolate fixes everything!

I feel bad for Crystal, though.  She’s doing better but she still seems to be hurting sometimes.

Okay, it’s bedtime!  And we’re girl-piling it again!!!  I’m gonna hug and cuddle Crystal and tell her she deserves everything good that we can give her.

We all love Crystal.  Just like we all love Liz, and Beth, and Diana, and… and me, I guess.

Love you all!!! ❤

This diary entry is part 24 of 27 in Lily's diary dated 20 - February 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!

I love Fridays!!!

Not as much as Saturdays and Sundays, but they’re great!!!

We’re having a movie night tonight, like we used to.  We’ve invited all the girls and we all watched a movie!  A silly movie called “Paws of Fury”!  I didn’t really like it. It was kind of funny, reminded me of “Blazing Saddles” (remember I watched it when I first started this diary?  I didn’t really understand it).  But… it was set in feudal Japan, and they didn’t bother making it, well, Japanese!

Crystal was falling over laughing though, so there’s that.  I wonder if she’s ever seen the real Blazing Saddles?  I should show her.

Liz seemed a little offended.  I guess they stuck some Chinese stuff in there and tried to pass it off as Japanese.  But, well, it was for kids, and kids really don’t care.  Grace probably would love it.

So after that we shared YouTube videos (I shared some Japanese pranks, Diana shared some Mexican videos, and Crystal, well, girl has a dark sense of humor) and now it’s bedtime.  We haven’t done a girl-pile in a while!!!

Hahaha!!!

Honestly… sometimes I’m surprised the adults don’t care if we girl-pile, but I guess they figure they can trust us.  These days… sigh.

Crystal needs lots of cuddles anyway.

Okay!!!

Love you all!!! ❤

This diary entry is part 23 of 27 in Lily's diary dated 20 - February 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!

My trip to LA is coming up!

And truthfully…  I don’t know what to think about it.

Robert seems to be an OK guy.  I mean, he seemed sincere when he talked about his wife and kid.  I think he meant it when he said his kid meant everything to him.  And it’s nice of him to let me into his life, he didn’t have to and I wouldn’t blame him if he didn’t.  And I guess that goes both ways – I don’t have to accept him, either.  But more family is better than less family, right?  Well, most of the time, I suppose.

Sabby tells me California is a very different culture… and from what I’ve seen, she’s right.  It’s… a bit more materialistic, I guess.  But the weather is nicer than here!  But… but that doesn’t really count for much, either, does it?  You can have perfect weather and it’ll still suck if the people do.

But… we’ll see how it turns out.  I hope it will be okay.

And I’m going back to Japan!  And this time I’m taking Sabby with me!  I think she’ll have fun.  We might be taking Beth too, but I’m going to let Sabby decide that.  She’s her daughter, not mine.  She’s my sister, but she’s also my younger sister, so…  it’s Sabby’s call.  Maybe everyone will go?  I don’t know.  That’s up to… everyone, I guess.  But I’m going!!!

I want to see Ai again!!!

And meet her new dog!!!

I… I saw sooo much of Japan last time, but I guess there’s always more to see, right?

I’m going to see Emiko this weekend!!!

Lots of plans!!!

I feel a bit better too.  Sometimes, you just gotta have a day, I guess.

Okay!!!  Bedtime!

Love you all!!! ❤