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Gender: Female
Status: Single
Age: 53
Sign: Aries

City: general santos city,philippines
State: XII
Country: PH
Signup Date: 4/1/2007
Saturday, May 09, 2009 


Recently I overheard a mother and  daughter in their last moments together
at
the airport. They had announced the  departure.

Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother  said, "I love
you and I wish you enough".

The daughter replied, "Mom,  our life together has been more than enough.
Your love is all I ever needed. I  wish you enough, too, Mom".



They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the  window
where I was seated. Standing there I could see she wanted and needed to 
cry. I
tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking,  "Did
you
ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?". <  BR>
Yes, I have," I replied. "Forgive me for asking, but why is this a  forever
good-bye?".

"I am old and she lives so far away. I have  challenges ahead and the
reality
is - the next trip back will be for my  funeral," she said.

"When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I  wish you enough'. May
I
ask what that means?".

She began to smile.  "That's a wish that has been handed down from other
generations. My parents used  to say it to everyone". She paused a moment
and
looked up as if trying to  remember it in detail and she smiled even more.
"When
we said , 'I wish you  enough', we were wanting the other person to have a
life
filled with just enough  good things to sustain them"  Then turning toward
me, she shared the  following as if she were reciting it from memory.

I wish you enough sun  to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the
day may appear.

&nb  sp;

I wish you enough rain to  appreciate the sun even more.

I wish you enough happiness to keep your  spirit alive and everlasting.

I wish you enough pain so that even the  smallest of joys in life may
appear
bigger.

I wish you enough gain to  satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you  possess.

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.



She then began to cry and  walked away.
2:44 AM
 
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