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That all sounds rather wonderful. Or at least well put. :-) Okay, maybe not the Vietnam War part. But that's long behind us - or so I hope (does the book suggest otherwise?).

Enjoy your youth, your now. Your "hanging out in the parking lot" reminds me of good times having a smoke while waiting for my first wife to get off the train in White Plains, NY, from Manhattan, so many lives ago.

Wish to fuck I had me a stogie this moment...

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~shiloh wrote (thread):

Well, the book is kind of about the woman's experiene during the war: She lived right around the border of North and South, so ended up caught up in a lot of issues with the Viet Cong and the southern government. Half her family killed, the rest displaced. She ended up in the US after the war, and returned to her hometown 20 years later, so a lot of the book is about her reconciling with her family. It's crazy how much love she has for humanity after all the war did to her and her home.

Thanks for telling me to enjoy my youth. I've been trying to kill my procrastination habit so I can do what I need to do and enjoy the rest of my time rather than half-enjoying the procrastinating time.

I just looked up where West Plains is... never really occurred to me just how big the NY metro is. Honestly, sounds kinda relaxing to smoke and wait for a loved one.