Slips

    "Does he even know about me at all?"
    "No. I mean, yes."
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I'd like to think that if someone really wants something, they'll move mountains to make it happen. You know, like move across the world.
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It figures. Just as everyone falls in, I fall out. I worked so hard, fought so many, gave up so much, and just as it finally comes to fruition, I'm the one that fails.

I've been told time and again that I should take up teaching or this or that because I have so much patience. So much patience and a demeanor that doesn't drive people away, but encourages them to stay and keep at it. That doesn't put pressure on perfection, only personal accomplishment. And you know what? They're right. I do have a lot of patience, but even I have to admit, that as much patience as I may have, I too, have a breaking point.
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This past Friday, I organized a cousins' night. I organized a cousins' night, and invited an AWOL favourite uncle to be the special guest. I haven't laughed so hard and so uninhibitedly in a very long time.