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the journal of Michael Werneburg

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

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.

—Sigmund Freud