Your Friend Always

I will be your friend always,
no gaps, no forgettings.
Not until the mountains are worn away
and the rivers are nothing but sand and rocks,
not until it thunders and lightning comes in winter
or until it snows in the summer,
or until heaven and earth are the same,
not until then will I leave you.

First century Chinese Friendship Oath.

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Naked, Drunk and Snoring

Really, I shouldn’t teach my Teika to take everything so literally.

When I returned to my office, she was bleary-eyed and had the electric shaver out–ready to go for the bald baby look.

That would’ve been so embarrassing! Had that happened, I couldn’t be seen in public with her.

Fortunately, I didn’t have to reject my little sweetie.

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