WHEN I WAS A CHILD WE WENT TO JIMMY AND FLORENCE KATO'S FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE. THEY LIVED IN A VICTORIAN IN JAPAN TOWN. WE WATCHED FRANKENSTEIN UNTIL MIDNIGHT WHEN THEY HAD A BALLOON DROP WITH COINS IN SOME OF THE BALLOONS WE POPPED. THEN HOME TO OUR CHRISTMAS NEW PAJAMAS, TOOTHBRUSH, SOCKS.
MY CHILDHOOD WAS MONSTERS. ABBOT AND COSTELLO. CARTOONS. MY PARENTS HAD KIDS TO WORK THE FARM. KIDS TODAY HAVE PARENTS WHO LIVE FOR THEM. SUCH A SHIFT IN PERSPECTIVE.
MY DAY HAS BEEN SO SERENE. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE CONSISTENT PEACE. FOR THE FIRST TIME I'M ALONE. ALL ONE. NO ANXIETY MY FAMILY OR FRIENDS NEED SOMETHING OR WANT SOMETHING. AFRAID OF THE PHONE RINGING. IT WAS ALWAYS BAD NEWS. PEOPLE FIGHTING, SOME KIND OF CRISIS. MY LIFE AS AN AMATEUR EMERGENCY TECHNICIAN. ALWAYS PUTTING OUT FIRES, SOLVING PROBLEMS. A FULL TIME JOB. NO WONDER I'VE BEEN EXHAUSTED. AFTER A LIFETIME OF NO LIFE OF MY OWN.
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