Loved and otherwise
August 25, 2009
To the people who love me, I owe you my life.
To the people who don’t, I owe them my achievements.
For Jlth
August 12, 2009
This would have to start with a love story where girl meets boy -
Girl is awestruck by boy’s talented performance.
Girl finds out boy’s name and class and always tries to hang around boy.
Girl actually turns up early for school so that she can spend time with boy before morning assemblies.
Boy accepts girl’s friendship.
Boy hangs out with girl.
Boy invites girl to take part in god-centred youth groups.
Girl wholeheartedly joins boy in his devotions.
Girl scrimps to buy exquisite candies for boy.
Boy is delighted by candies.
Boy cheers girl up when she is sad.
Girl is always thinking about boy.
Boy is always supportive of girl’s decisions.
Boy and girl spends tons of time together.
Sometimes they egg each other on to do wacky things, sometimes they quarrel with each other. On rare occasions, they have full on fights and cold wars. Mostly though, they are very comfortable with each other’s company.
One day, girl confesses her undying love for boy.
Boy laughs.
Another day, girl tries again.
Boy tries to laugh again.
Yet another day, she tries again. But, of course.
Boy is solemn.
Not long after, boy and girl part ways.
The seconds take a long long while to turn into years.
Finally, boy and girl meet again.
Now, girl is with another boy. Boy is with someone else.
Boy and girl are awkward.
Boy smiles at girl.
Girl greets boy and looks away.
The seconds take a while to turn into months.
Boy and girl become friends again.
The months turn into years.
Boy and girl carefully strive to rebuild their friendship.
With hope that the years will give way to decades.
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Happy 15th Anniversary my beloved J.
