serendipti's Diaryland Diary

6:44 p.m. - Friday, Apr. 08, 2005

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happy note at borders

Hey, daddy just sent me this quote---
Loving someone means helping them to be more themselves, which can be different from being what you’d like them to be, although often they turn out the same. Merle Shain (1935-1989) Writer
have no real time to write....must get through a good amount of work today....might have to push back the boards a bit, but am in a fabulous mood, bolstered no doubt by lovely Stephanie Yan coming and spending a couple days with me. I have been really good---Rohun makes my day every day, and he will take his afternoon nap on my bed as I study next to him...the weather is beautiful, my family is healthy right now, and I am GOOD. GREAT. I have a lot to say wrt why and whatnot, but we will save that for later. A man at Borders walked past me and handed me this note as he was leaving:
You are so beautiful you take my breath away! You make all the California blondes look like boys! God bless you & good luck always.
I read it, looked up at him, mouthed 'thank you' and he smiled and said 'good luck' and walked away. He was a middle aged white man in a Hawaiin shirt. It was the first day I was debuting some of the newer (for me, mainly from a Goodwill trip with Nina Patel), more figure hugging (i.e. not the usual XL b-ball shirts or any flannel), girly (not super super) stylish clothes that I bought. It was a sweet little note on a quarter of an envelope. Stephanie came back and I showed it to her and she was like, this needs to be framed. I agree.

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