My Dear Pinkamina,

Life still marches on without you, my love. Figment finally came home, after three weeks away. He and his fillyfriend had a long talk and they decided he would move out of Ponyville to her home in Fillydelphia. I don't blame him at all, it's just not the same here without you. I would leave, but I still have the shop, and our daughter. Not to mention all our friends. It's my home now, and as painful as the memories are, they are still memories of you. In the end, that is all I have now.

The amazing thing is, Figgy brought me home a gift. Remember the fire we had at the shop years ago, when I though I lost my old iPod? Well it turns out he had found it, and it was buried in a box in his stuff. He found it when packing to move, and brought it to me. I found some of the old songs I never recorded for Vinyl, and one of them was like losing you all over again. I can't bring myself to delete it, but I cried myself to sleep again listening to it. I wish I coulda let you hear it as well, it's sad, but it's one of those songs that reminds us to cherish what we have.

There is good news though. One of the reasons Figment and his fiance are moving together is they are planning to start a family. I think your leaving has made alotta ponies think about things like that. Rarity and Spike were approved by Celestia for an adoption. Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo are looking to adopt as well. They are such a sweet couple, they deserve to have a family after all their years together. It's too bad that Applebloom still wont talk to them after the big falling out they had. I may have to step in and talk some sense into that little red head of hers. Those Apples can be so stubborn.

Midnight Song and her mate came to me the other day. They have seen how out of sorts I have been trying to run the shop after you were gone. She's always been such a good help and he was the one that helped me rebuild after the fire. They made me an offer to buy the shop outright, and let me retire if I wanted to. I had to laugh at the offer. I'm sorry honey, but that was the first real laugh I've had in weeks. I told them there was no way in hell I would ever sell the shop to my own daughter. The shop belongs to Pinkie. It will always belong to Pinkie. And since you are gone my dear, that leaves little Pinkie Surprise as the owner. You shoulda seen their reaction, I thought that stallion was gonna fight me for a moment before he realized what I was telling them. They never knew that the shop was transferred to Pinkie's name when she was born, and now I was handing it to them, as caretakers. I think it will be a good thing to have a family running the place again. There needs to be laughter and smiles in a place like that, and Pinkie looks just like you, anyway. Well, except for the purple hair...

So me, I will be moving back to our old house in the Everfree forest. I've kept it in good repair all these years, since the Cakes passed away and left us the shop. Some alone time will prolly do me good. I still need to lick my wounds and heal from losing you. Plus I will have more time to visit Fluttershy. I am still determined to find a way to reverse that damn tree spell she cast on herself. I'd like to strangle Dash for suggesting it to her. When I told her one day she would be able to control plants, I never thought she'd try to do it by becoming one. That poor silly foal. At least her animal friends are there to keep her company. Losing Angel was very hard for her, and it took years for her to start talking to ponies again. Now I can at least talk to her, and remind her she is still a pony.

Speaking of Rainbow Dash, can you believe it? That silly foal wants to retire. Twenty hears in the Wonderbolts, five as captain, and finally she's ready to retire. I thought that filly was gonna fly till she dropped outta the sky dead. I just can't imagine Dash without her uniform, it's just unnatural. She told me the other day that it was a younger mare's game, and she wanted to finally relax. She spent her entire life reaching for her dream, and now that she has it, she can take a little time off. I'm not buying it. I predict she will be back in the air in less than a year. She never started a family, outside of adopting Scootaloo, so what else does she have, besides her flying? But then, what else did I have, besides you?

Dammit, I made myself cry again.

Still loving you,

Your Silly Draxy