My mom sent me a letter by Air mail on May 14th. Although air mails usually arrive within seven to ten days, this time the letter has not arrived. It took so long. My mom and I had started worrying about that.
The letter contains the birth certificate of my daughter, issued by the city hall. I need the document to make a passport for her.
Today my mom told me that the letter came back to her. She didn’t know the reason. If she knew how to take picture and send the scanned data of envelop to me, I would have known the reason.
In Japan, we write the sender’s and receiver’s name and address differently from that of America. I guess my mom mistakenly wrote down the sender’s name and address toward the center. If any of American post office workers were thoughtful, the letter would have been delivered correctly. It is based on luck. In that sense, we were unlucky for not having a kind worker.
It is not my mom’s fault at all for not knowing the American postal office rule. I feel sorry for her that she needed to go to the city hall, along with going to the post office twice. She is not young and active anymore. I know it was hard for her to go here and there.
Previously, the Japanese city halls did not have the system for Japanese people who live in foreign countries. And that was why I asked my mom to deal with the procedure this time.
Today I searched around again about the information. Bingo! I found their webpage stating about the procedure for us. Since the page was updated at the end of last year, Nov 2017, this procedure must be new to them.
At least from next time, I won’t need to ask my mom to do chores for me. That being said, I know my mom’s personality. She is very kind and loves helping others. I am pretty sure she is happy to help me out on anything.
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