Next month, my mother, who once casually said, “Oh, by the way, I’m heading to the U.S. for a year starting next week, so stay home and...

Last year, I spent a month in Europe, a place I had always wanted to visit. Last year's journal: https://note.com/hmwr1231/n/n0c00a9c0177...

Ever since I was little, I’ve been shy around people. Even when the neighborhood ladies spoke to me, I would hide behind my mother or...