Hi, Mother! I'm glad to see you're home. How was your workday? Did you have a hard time at the hospital? You seem so tired, Mom. Come in, quick, and take a rest…

Let me pour you a cup of coffee. Prop up your feet on the ottoman, Mom. Here are your slippers, by the way. I think you've been working too hard. You should really take a vacation. All work and no play is bad for you, Mother, as Minako likes to say. Here's your coffee. I put in a cube of sugar and a teaspoon of creamer, just the way you like it!

We had a very hard exam in school today, Mother. It was about chemistry, and it took me an hour and a half to answer it. Don't worry Mother, I reviewed everything twice over, and I'm sure I'll get a good score. It's my friends I'm afraid about. Usagi, Mako and Minako were still there when I left, and they weren't able to meet me at Unazuki's restaurant today! I hope they're fine and they did well, because Usagi has been studying very hard lately, and it would be a shame if she failed another exam…

Mother, I told you not to worry about me anymore. You say I look sleepy today? And that there are circles under my eyes? It's nothing, Mom. Really.

Uh, well… if you must know, I stayed up until one o' clock in the morning last night to study for this test. I don't know why I did, though. I just seem to be driven so much to fulfill my dream. It was like I was fueled by the desire in my heart to reach my goal…

What is my dream? Well, Mother, the truth is, my dream is to be like you. I don't waste my time looking for a role model I can really look up to, because I know very well that role model is you! Mother, you are the most accomplished woman I have ever known, and this is why my dream is to be like you when I grow up.

I can see that sometimes you worry about me, Mother. I myself admit that I study too much, and that for most of my childhood days, I am surrounded by millions of books. There are days when I can only do nothing but read; I even read while walking on the street with Mako-chan! I strive to get the highest scores possible always, even if it means studying until daybreak. But, mother, you have to understand that the only reason why I'm doing this is so that I could be more like you.

I want to be a doctor just like you, Mom, and cure all the sick people around me. I know I can help a lot of people by being a doctor. I can save lives, I can give hope, I can convince people that they still have another chance at life! Isn't this what you do, Mother? What you are is a herione in lab clothing. You are my inspiration in this way, and that is why I study so much. Someday, I know that I, too, will be able to give hope, life and comfort to everyone who needs my aid, just as you are doing now.

And besides that, you are the perfect mother, and someday, I wish to be like you! You raised me alone, even without the Father's help, and for any woman, that is quite an extraordinary feat! There were times I would wonder and ask where my Father could be, and you reply as patiently as you could, never saying a bad word against him, even though he did not help much in raising me. You were the best mother anyone could ever hope for.

Even if my peers ostracized me for being the "smart girl", you gave me such confidence in myself! You told me that the most important thing in life is to be yourself. You assured me that I was already the best person I could ever be, your very own little girl. My "friends" teased and taunted me because I studied too much, but I tried not to mind them, because I knew that what you said to me was right.

Remember those days when we used to make cookies together? I used to take so much delight in baking cookies with you. You were always the epitome of patience, Mother. You would teach me how to make the dough, and I would listen attentively. You would teach me how to imprint the cookies with the bottom of a glass. And when the goodies were baked at last, I would be so happy!

How I treasure such moments when we were together! Every time I think back to those times, I remember how much you love me so and just how much I love you I return. And this is what I try to remember every time I feel tired studying, and it perks me up, gives me the energy to go on!

Someday, I will be like you, Mom. I will be the best doctor in Minato-ku, or Japan even! And when I have kids, I will be that same perfect mother you have been to me!

Um, Mother? Aren't you forgetting something?

Well, this is a surprise! My perfect mother has forgotten something! Please wait here mother, I have a surprise for you…

*runs to the kitchen*

Here's my surprise…

Happy Mother's Day, Mom!

I baked a cake for you, just like the way you taught me to! Let me cut you a piece of it…

One other thing, Mom--