Remembering Avi

[Moses Ma]

I remember a small poster in Avi's living room...

"One day while walking through the wilderness a monk stumbled upon a vicious tiger. He ran but soon came to the edge of a high cliff. Desperate to save himself, he climbed down a vine and dangled over the fatal precipice. As he hung there, two mice appeared from a hole in the cliff and began gnawing on the vine. Suddenly, he noticed on the vine a plump wild strawberry. He plucked it and popped it in his mouth. He remarked, 'How delicious!'"

I am sure that Avi has been happily eating strawberries during this transition. He is like a small child now, who just hopped on the schoolbus for his first day of school... all happy and bursting with adventure as we who remain behind can feel only anxiety about the great unknown. But the truth is that an amazing journey awaits him, as does us all.

[ninaliza]