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I will remember :

using ppl like Melissa and Sheila to bring me to you
the 'always back to square 1' talk with Mindy
the 'NOW is the time' talk with Chuting over the phone
Alison calling exactly when I was feeling depressed
how it feels in your presence
when you took me back time and time again
when no one understood, you did
your bottling my tears
how gentle you are
that you like to party too!
that you don't want to judge me
the victory you sacrificed your dreams to fight for me
having to trust u abt my future
your bringing my family together
your hand on my shoulder
the Rockies - they were BEAUTIFUL, thank you!
how you watched over my cousins even though they are so far away
how you took away Aunt Beng Hay's pain
the first time i felt you
the stayover at June's
how you used my sister to exhort me
that you understand everything i go through, even now
that you wrestled with your self-esteem too
that all the animals and things i enjoy abt life, is because of you
that knowing you is all that matters
that without you I am nothing
that you hurt much more than I do at any injustice
to fear your sovereignty
that you are my father

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