"What am I doing here?" Shiro asked himself as he sat down at the desk in the living of his cabin. "I believe the journal will be good after all."
Picking up the pen, I began to write in my journal.
I remember the first time I met Mrs. Daniels. I was so nervous that I couldn't speak fluently and stuttered several times. Mrs. Daniels, who was kind and patient, told me to take my time and listened to why I gave up my politics program and chose agriculture with full ears. She even helped me to go through the whole process of admission with no charge and offered me her house to live in while I learned. Although I had no experience, except for my childhood on my father's ranch, Mrs. Daniels told me my devotion to developing the ranch was sufficient. She was such a lovely lady that I wished that Mrs. Daniels was my mom instead of my biological mom, who left my father for a so-called better life.
Her husband, Mr. Daniels, was different. He didn't agree to let me stay at his ranch initially. By the way, he didn't own the land by hard labor. He was just lucky enough to be born into a wealthy family. The Daniels is a true old-money family from Texas. But he loved the land, telling me he woke up in midnights to check the barn and heifers, in some circumstances even to chase away the harassing boars. I knew it was confirmed as Mrs. Daniels had shown me one picture of him and the hung boar once. Mr. Daniels might be a tough guy, but in a different way from my stepfather, who was serving in the military system and as sleek as a fox.
The Daniels had four kids and more grandkids, as each kid was married with several children, except Melissa, the youngest, and enjoyed life as much as she could. Opposite to what her father told me, Melissa was a promising young girl, and she just needed to figure out her future. I was just like her until I followed my father's path.