Hello Rio,
I went to play tennis with Hosoda-san today and I lost 3 sets. He still is very good despite his age. He will turn to 80 this year, but he still moves around and hits the ball hard and wise. I may not have been focused good enough because of you, but he really is a good tennis player, nonetheless. I told him about your death and he was surprised of course. He remembers you well and the time you came to the tennis court and played together. I showed your picture and he recognized you, which made me happy as there is someone other than me who remembers you. He said hello to you facing the sky. I wonder if you have said hello back to him? I believe you did. I tried to show off my tennis skills to you today, but I failed to do that miserably. Sorry. I will revenge tomorrow. Will you be cheering for me tomorrow, please? Thanks, Rio.
It’s been decided that your funeral will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, in your time, meaning, in the middle of the night here in Japan on Sunday. I will be sleeping at that time, so, sorry about not being awake while the ceremony is held. You will see your mother, your girlfriend and others who I have no idea, but some of your friends, for sure to see you the very last time. You had a talk about what kind of clothes you wanted the funeral attendees to wear with your girlfriend, didn’t you? That’s amazing. Did you anticipate something like this might happen? I have never thought about my death, nor my funeral, ever. That makes me feel sad and sorry, for whatever you had on your shoulder or in your mind should have caused you to think about your death, and I had no idea about it. I wish I could have shared your burden as your father, even though I may not have been able to do enough to ease your pain whatever that is. As per your request, the funeral attendees will not wear black clothes. Happy? They are all looking forward to seeing you the last time, so show them your best face, will you? I wish I could be there. I will see your memorial ceremony in my dream if it is at all possible.
Your mother was successful in contacting Reymond. He is one of your best friends in Canada, isn’t he? I have heard that he was helping you when you tried to detoxicate yourself. He was like a brother to you. Right? You had no siblings, so I am glad that you had such a good friend in your life. Your mother will take some of your ashes to Reymond sometime in the future and he reportedly said that he would gather some of your friends in Canada and see you then. Look forward to it, Rio.
I was a little surprised to hear that you had two guns at home. You carried an authentic license for them, so you were a lawful owner of the guns. No complaint about that, but I was a bit surprised to know that you had lived in America that we Japanese know from TV shows, dangerous and people are in a mode of protecting themselves from any possible assault and unexpected incidents that might happen any time, any day. You have practiced shooting in the shooting range and you were a good shooter, weren’t you? Your girlfriend said so to your mother. I wonder where those guns would go? I believe your friend doesn’t have a license, so maybe, the police would take them and make them part of the government property, I guess. No idea and that doesn’t matter anymore, does it? You can’t take them to heaven, so let it leave up to the police or a legal agent whoever it may be.
Your memorial service or the funeral will cost a little over 4,100 dollars. We will take care of it and I have sent your mother my portion via PayPal. Thanks to your advice on how to use PayPal, sending the money abroad is not a burdensome thing to do anymore. It has been done almost instantly. I don’t need to send you money anymore, so I will not use PayPay for my personal matters from now on, but I might use it for purchasing something from overseas or even from somewhere in Japan. At any rate, everything has been prepared for us to send you off this world to another world, Rio, so keep lying in peace and wait for tomorrow.
I will write to you again after the funeral and tell you what happened if there is anything that I feel you need to know or feel happy about. Until then, sleep well, Rio. I love you.
To my son, Rio,
From Your DAD
I went to play tennis with Hosoda-san today and I lost 3 sets. He still is very good despite his age. He will turn to 80 this year, but he still moves around and hits the ball hard and wise. I may not have been focused good enough because of you, but he really is a good tennis player, nonetheless. I told him about your death and he was surprised of course. He remembers you well and the time you came to the tennis court and played together. I showed your picture and he recognized you, which made me happy as there is someone other than me who remembers you. He said hello to you facing the sky. I wonder if you have said hello back to him? I believe you did. I tried to show off my tennis skills to you today, but I failed to do that miserably. Sorry. I will revenge tomorrow. Will you be cheering for me tomorrow, please? Thanks, Rio.
It’s been decided that your funeral will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, in your time, meaning, in the middle of the night here in Japan on Sunday. I will be sleeping at that time, so, sorry about not being awake while the ceremony is held. You will see your mother, your girlfriend and others who I have no idea, but some of your friends, for sure to see you the very last time. You had a talk about what kind of clothes you wanted the funeral attendees to wear with your girlfriend, didn’t you? That’s amazing. Did you anticipate something like this might happen? I have never thought about my death, nor my funeral, ever. That makes me feel sad and sorry, for whatever you had on your shoulder or in your mind should have caused you to think about your death, and I had no idea about it. I wish I could have shared your burden as your father, even though I may not have been able to do enough to ease your pain whatever that is. As per your request, the funeral attendees will not wear black clothes. Happy? They are all looking forward to seeing you the last time, so show them your best face, will you? I wish I could be there. I will see your memorial ceremony in my dream if it is at all possible.
Your mother was successful in contacting Reymond. He is one of your best friends in Canada, isn’t he? I have heard that he was helping you when you tried to detoxicate yourself. He was like a brother to you. Right? You had no siblings, so I am glad that you had such a good friend in your life. Your mother will take some of your ashes to Reymond sometime in the future and he reportedly said that he would gather some of your friends in Canada and see you then. Look forward to it, Rio.
I was a little surprised to hear that you had two guns at home. You carried an authentic license for them, so you were a lawful owner of the guns. No complaint about that, but I was a bit surprised to know that you had lived in America that we Japanese know from TV shows, dangerous and people are in a mode of protecting themselves from any possible assault and unexpected incidents that might happen any time, any day. You have practiced shooting in the shooting range and you were a good shooter, weren’t you? Your girlfriend said so to your mother. I wonder where those guns would go? I believe your friend doesn’t have a license, so maybe, the police would take them and make them part of the government property, I guess. No idea and that doesn’t matter anymore, does it? You can’t take them to heaven, so let it leave up to the police or a legal agent whoever it may be.
Your memorial service or the funeral will cost a little over 4,100 dollars. We will take care of it and I have sent your mother my portion via PayPal. Thanks to your advice on how to use PayPal, sending the money abroad is not a burdensome thing to do anymore. It has been done almost instantly. I don’t need to send you money anymore, so I will not use PayPay for my personal matters from now on, but I might use it for purchasing something from overseas or even from somewhere in Japan. At any rate, everything has been prepared for us to send you off this world to another world, Rio, so keep lying in peace and wait for tomorrow.
I will write to you again after the funeral and tell you what happened if there is anything that I feel you need to know or feel happy about. Until then, sleep well, Rio. I love you.
To my son, Rio,
From Your DAD
