WHAT USED TO BE OUR SANDBOX...
(sandbox: n. A low box filled with sand for children to throw and play in. )
(sandbox: n. A low box filled with sand for children to throw and play in. )
This was how it was to write about you. Besides, we knew that aside from the MANY other things mundane (like what appetizer to eat or you finishing up the coffee i always forget to drink) and the metaphysical (our never ending stories) we both love doing - it's one of the best things we are so most passionate about! Therefore, I envision our own version of Lonely Planet or Animal Planet (remember the poor baby Taz devil?) or Nat Gen and how we would have chronicled the lives of animals, people, places and history brilliantly. Grin.
Though I'm prouder if people will see (soon!) the work you did on your dad's film bio on DVD as a counterpart of the book your family launched last week. The time you had to spend sleepless in the studio from January to July doing everything to meet your target date, which you did - and not havin anythin except coffee, water and power drink just to get by awake to finish everythin! Oh, ask me about those long months.
I'd like for the readers to know how incomparable you are and if you were a dfferent person I'd still say the same. Which means I am unbiased to say that you are eloquent, articulate, funny, creative and colorful! Perhaps, to put it in a simpler perspective - the Ronnie I had always expected for everyone to see.
I always have been the quiet crowd that cheered for you on your current endeavor -you know there will always be somethin' for you and your passion, huh. I saw the future coming, giving you back what used to be the dream which is now in the form of reality. I'm praying that it flows like a river. Really. I always never told you but as hard as i try not to say it - thank you for staying by my side all this time in your own, different ways.
Prayful that God will gve you more so you won't have to leave for long. The altered reality we never planned somehow had taken us close together. And this will go on and on and on.
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written in July, 2008.
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