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twenty-eight years and a million words

Tokyo, 2009.09.19

Today we had several families over to say goodbye to Sam, Keiko-san, Ma-chan and Akari-chan. It's a sad thing saying goodbye to good friends, but the kids had a ball.

boys playing with ball chairs

No pun intended, har har. Kenny held his own with the older boys for the most part. He really is indestructible. And what a party animal—he'd been fussing and fighting the whole day until the guests arrived. From that point on he was all smiles.

We presented the Mashams and the other families with a book to commemorate our time with the Mashams.

rand()m quote

On the endless saga of Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto; "It shouldn't have had to come to this. I'm so tired of getting up every morning and wondering, 'What will it be today?' I'm so tired of giving the benefit of the doubt again and again, only to be let down again and again.... Somewhere a responsible adult has to appear, draw a bright moral line, tell the truth and say unequivocally what won't be tolerated. Somebody has to do the right thing."

—Denzil Minnan-Wong