A Dying Daughter’s Journal Brings Hope to Her Family

Pages of the family’s Tomorrow Book.

Maki and Rina’s younger sister Sae recall treasured memories, Tomorrow Book in hand.

The sisters celebrating Rina’s twentieth birthday on Coming of Age Day. Sae copied her big sister’s style. (2016)

The Tomorrow Book and the box from Rina’s hospital room with the warning, “Open at your peril!”

Rina’s medical journal with the message concealed under masking tape said “Thanks for giving me so much happiness and love.”