Wednesday, September 26, 2007...12:05 am
my friends too
Sharon told me she reads this blog. She’s the girl who has a smile that reveals all her teeth and makes her eyes crinkle so on her pretty face. I wrote her when I heard she was sad because I imagined that her eyes didn’t crinkle in a smile anymore. She’s happy again now and that makes me very happy. But you know when I met her it was as if I had known her for a long time already. And when she came to Manila the last time, we had dinner with her and it felt like something I used to do all the time.
Michelle has a boy that likes to draw Manga and I made the Mister send a how-to book. I heard that she was happy because the boy was thrilled. I imagined the boy drew gazillion characters and showed her. I like her because when I couldn’t stand the smell of adobo she made sure I wouldn’t smell it.
I’ve never met Karen, but I know her name because a CD that’s never been played sat on our shelf from when the Mister moved in. I have been bugging the Mister to send it too many times at all the wrong moments. Last week she finally got it. It’s so old, I’m not even sure that band plays anymore. But he says she was happy to receive the long delayed music. I imagine her thinking about schooldays with the Mister while listening to the songs.
The Mister’s Tart is one tough woman. She drives better than most men I know. She’s gone through so much. But this recent thing might be the worst of it. And I want to tell her that it’s going to be okay but she won’t believe me because I’m still picking up my pieces. But her courage is astounding. I am praying that her conviction doesn’t falter because she deserves to be with someone who can make her feel alright even when the universe conspires against her. I’m sad that I didn’t see her the last time she was here.
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They’re really the Mister’s friends. But we always talk before we sleep and I get so affected when I hear that sad things or happy things happen to them.
It might be the Mister’s concern rubbing off of me. It might be because I feel like they’re my friends too.
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