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hello.

i have returned home for the weekend because i haven’t finished packing and i haven’t finished saying goodbye to my parents. i'm not sure which will be harder. (i have a lot to pack)

my time in akron is really rewarding. the people there all have motivations that are similar to mine and that makes for some refreshing conversations. i'm meeting people there that i hope to be life-long friends with.

my grandparents came out to akron to pick me up and that was very nice. it is always good to touch bases with them. they are my foundation. the trunk of my family tree. in going to a country where ancestral veneration is the common practice, i tend to imagine what it would be like to venerate my ancestors. i wonder if i will return thinking that we do not know enough about our past. if we knew more about yesterday, we might make less mistakes tomorrow.

i will go now and leave the world alone. let it sleep and rest. let it grow.