Our Island Family Life

Boy, did this anime save us. We began watching this on tv only shortly before Sean left. Cade was 7 and loved the crazy humor. This is about a young girl (elementary) who is also an actress. She lives with her mother and her manager. She meets a boy who is rude to her friend and it becomes an all out war. Eventually, as the story progresses she grows up and the story becomes slightly darker. She always knew she was adopted and becoming a famous actress was their goal to finding her birth mother. Her adopted mother is a famous novelist and quite eccentric. She has a squirrel who lives in houses on her head. She always makes Cade laugh. The girl also finds her real dad who never knew of her birth. They were already friends before the truth was known but he died shortly after. She became good friends with the rude boy from before and they confess to each other much later. There are 102 episodes and we had only gotten to the part of her father's death when it was taken off air. I managed to find the rest online and so we are watching them now. Kodocha was vital to our routine in the time after Sean left. It helped keep things normal. It was on early in the morning just before school. We would sit on the floor and eat breakfast and watch the show. Sofie would crawl over us and dance to the music. Every single day we would do this and it made just beginning the day possible. Crying was part of every day back then. I am so glad this crazy girl made him smile. Now as we watch and he is closer to her age he understands more, still loves her upbeat attitude and crazy antics. We share talks about what she is feeling and reflect back on those days. It's bittersweet.