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Grief, but no regrets, after two people I loved passed on
There were no words left unsaid, no issues unresolved, and that is all one can ask for
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Perhaps life isn’t about minimising regrets or labelling them good or bad, especially when you look back on the people you lose from your life, says the writer.
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The last time I went to the United States, two of my closest friends insisted on sending me off – even though they would be seeing me in a week. One of them made his way to Changi Airport from Yew Tee (it would have been easier for him to head to Malaysia from home).
Before I went through immigration, my friends gave me the biggest hug. We laughed about the frivolity of a send-off for a week-long trip. I waved to them through the glass doors, saw them a week later, and didn’t think much of it.
