July 28, 2007
Aloha Allysther
The Table of Contents usually meets about once a month. Dear friend Allysther has been absent for two years and was with us for only a little over a week, so we met this weekend, despite having had a pleasant gathering last week. We shared a “family style” Chinese meal and managed to swap a few books. Tomorrow Allysther, the boy and a mountain of luggage will be ferried to the airport for the final leg of the journey that will bring their reunion with Zanla at his new post in Korea. We here in Hawaii have a great appreciation of our military, but forgive me for resenting, just a little, the frequent removal of dear friends from our fair isles.
I was momentarily taken aback last week when I asked the little man if he remembered me and he said no. He was, however, only four when they moved away, and two years is a long time at that age. He’s six as of yesterday. I’m glad we had the chance to get to know each other again, and that he’s still young enough to be charmingly , unselfconsciously silly with chopsticks.
Aloha kakou, dear friends. Aloha ‘oe. Aloha kaua. You take a piece of each of our hearts with you. Hurry home when you can!
[tags]aloha, BookCrossing, friends, goodbyes, millitary life[/tags]
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