At 11:54 PM 8/12/98 -0400, skeezy5 wrote:

Michael Won <skeezy5@geocities.com>
Birthdays - Itoshii*
	by skeezy5
*Ithoshii - Beloved (At least, that's what they tell me)
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[Author's Notes]

	I suppose this is an example of a good idea gone bad.  I got a
bright idea while watching the DoCo music video about the Elementary
School.  Unfortunately, I've never had anyone really close to me die,
so I found it very difficult to convey that sense of masked grief.
My medium was also a bad choice, I suppose.  A narrarrative would have
been better than a monologue...
	I'll probably try for a longer, multi-part version of this at
some point in the future, along with the Genma-Nodoka Romance that
I've been putting a lot of thought into.

	Michael, you did a better job than you thought. Odd.. When this fic of your 
arrived in my mailbox, I was thinking about the subject. You see, one year 
ago today, August 12th, was the day my mother died of pancreatic cancer. I'd 
spent most of this day musing on this. Then your fic arrived.

	Michael, you did a fine job. No one who hasn't lost a loved one can ever 
fully understand, but you managed to write it skillfully all the same. 

	And a monologue was an excellent choice. Trust me.

	Thank you.

	
	Edward Becerra


	"Dreamers may die, but the Dream is eternal.."