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Saturday, February 26, 2005

The grass is always greener on the other side, it just always is. And you will always covet what you don't have or can't have. The trick is really to understand and appreciate what you have or have worked hard for, then love it just because it's yours. Find that place that rhythm that is totally yours, maybe it will make you just a little bit happier. Hopefully that will be all you need.

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Thursday, February 17, 2005

The medical boards are on in Manila right now and 6 months ago i took it, i only told myself one thing, that I would not be defined by one exam.

I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A bird will fall frozen dead from a bough
without having felt sorry for itself.
-J.D. Laurence

Incidentally I passed and to the surprise of many, i am a physician now, but that one exam still doesn't define me. Never feel sorry, for yourself or anyone else, in this way you honor them, and you honor yourself. Never give up, win.

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Wednesday, February 16, 2005

I wrote this early this morning. I want to share it with anyone who'd read it coz mums don't get enough love nowadays.



Dear Mum,

I hope you get to Kokopo safely. I want to thank you for everything you and daddy have given and sacrificed for me & joey & jocelyn. I hope I can be as good at parenting as you are. I.m sorry for sometimes complaining how difficult life is & why I have to always be the one who is stronger & better than everybody else. I didn't realize that it was you and dad who got hurt the most, who had to be the strongest, & who sacrificed more. When I passed the boards and became a doctor I knew there would be better days ahead of us. Don't worry about getting old, Leslie and I will take care of you no matter what happens. We will be happy. I know some things have changed now that I'm married but I will always be here, with Leslie, for you and daddy. I want to thank you for giving her and us another chance. I was scared for a while that you wouldn't approve, but I was wrong & you didn't say anything & trusted me enough to make my own decision. I think I've made the right one mum. We hope we can start working in Kokopo quickly. I have a plan for all of us & if everything works out, we'll be ok & happy in 5-10 years. Then we can enjoy life more and have more choices, we just have to stay together.
Thank you mummy, for acknowledging how much I've done for Joey & Jocelyn, it's one of the hardest things I've ever done, and I know my role's not yet finished.

I love you mum. Leslie loves you and says she'll miss you. We both love you very much. See you soon!

Love,
Jayson and Leslie

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