Twelve

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* If dreams were easy, everyone would make it happen. *

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------ Mira ------

Saturday,

I headed to the restaurant earlier than usual today, since I now have less commitments. The sky was clear and beautiful.

I'd always loved staring up at the sky as a child. An almost forgotten memory from my childhood flashed in my mind.

I was 4 years old and popularly known as the Daddy's girl. It was on my birthday and we had a picnic at the beach.

Though old enough to move around, I stay clung to my Dad like a koala. “ Dad, what are those little shiny things in the sky? ”

“ They are called stars, Ira. ”

“ What are stars? ”

“ They are huge, glowing balls of gasses and each one of them is bigger than the earth. ”

“ Really, Dad? ”

“ Yes, Ira and you know what? ”

“ What's it, Dad? ”

“ There are about 200 billion trillion stars in the universe and God knows them all by name. ”

“ Wow. ” I remembered the companionable silence that had reigned between us, before I spoke u