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Lauren's Happy Uncle's Day
12/13/2011 10:15:22 PM

Lauren’s Happy Uncle’s Day

As I sat myself in my office at home, amidst the pile of hullabaloos was a card from my sweet niece, Lauren. I did not know for what occasion it was for. It was neither my birthday for it was several months hence. It was not for Christmas or New Years. Besides, I would be going to the Bay Area on those occasions. There was no need to send me a card for that. As I opened the envelope, a bouquet garni spilled out. I read the note and it says, “Happy Uncle’s Day”. I didn’t know that there was such a day but there it was. I assembled the small flowered sprigs and taped it on the card and I pinned the card to my cork board. There it remained. Nowadays, I throw away the cards once the occasion passed. But this one was a keepsake.

In it, aside from the twigs of flowers was a small poem and it reads:

I am
Inebriate of water
And blasted by wind
Reeling through endless Winter
From houses paper thin.

It was a beautiful poem. I guess it tells the story of the sprig of flowers. The poem itself tells about its lust for water, gone through the elements and eventually finding itself in a home, like mine. The card itself was signed by Lauren and Taylor.

I didn’t know that July 26 was Uncle’s Day. Next year, dear uncles, know that if a niece (or nephew) remembers, you may receive a card, just like me…and I am indeed happy for it.

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