I like sakura and lotus also. Maybe sometime we can see sakura together in Kyoto and walk around the grounfs of the Imperial Palace. Lotus grows up from the mud but is pure and floating on the water, I like that thought. I don't know eustoma, and will look it up.
When people become sick and ill it makes me sad, as I see it often in the hospital. I am not sure about our culture, seems shallow and materialistic, sometimes makes me sad that life is passing too fast and many things to do and see. Seems like being a single mother causes change in attitude, is that sense of being judged from others in Japan?
You are sleeping now so i hope you wake up to a beautiful Saturday!