"In those predawn hours, which are the toughest for insomaniacs, Melony would whisper, “Fifteen years.” And just before she would fall asleep, she would ask of the first flat light, that cracked into her bedroom, “Are you still there Sunshine?” What is hardest to accept about the passage of time is that the people who once mattered the most to us are wrapped in parentheses."

//John Irving; The Cider House Rules

I enjoy talking to people that I haven't spoken to in a while, to sit down in a quiet place and share our lives, who we are and how we came to be. Sometimes I play games to get people to speak about everything that they are and everything that they want to be. The things that always touch me are our youthful naviete, the sheer weight of our loves, hopes and dreams. And the feeling that struck me this past week is that I'm so glad to be where I am. That I have a chance to study law, that I have made good friends in the course of my university life, that I have found where I want to be for a season of my life. Perhaps I imagined myself to have wandered into this course by chance, but now I know it is where I want to be. That there is a purpose for me in this. And I'm not letting go of this chance any more. Full steam ahead next term!

"In those predawn hours, which are the toughest for insomaniacs, Melony would whisper, “Fifteen years.” And just before she would fall asleep, she would ask of the first flat light, that cracked into her bedroom, “Are you still there Sunshine?” What is hardest to accept about the passage of time is that the people who once mattered the most to us are wrapped in parentheses."

//John Irving; The Cider House Rules

I enjoy talking to people that I haven't spoken to in a while, to sit down in a quiet place and share our lives, who we are and how we came to be. Sometimes I play games to get people to speak about everything that they are and everything that they want to be. The things that always touch me are our youthful naviete, the sheer weight of our loves, hopes and dreams. And the feeling that struck me this past week is that I'm so glad to be where I am. That I have a chance to study law, that I have made good friends in the course of my university life, that I have found where I want to be for a season of my life. Perhaps I imagined myself to have wandered into this course by chance, but now I know it is where I want to be. That there is a purpose for me in this. And I'm not letting go of this chance any more. Full steam ahead next term!