Luke Susumu is my Pangea Phenomenon!
Luke & Friends Momoko...
Born in Aylesbury, England, of Scots-Irish and Scandanavian -New Zealand descent, Luke went, when he was barely bi-ped, to be raised in his mother's native land, New Zealand ('Aotearoa': Land of the Long White Cloud), together with his two older brothers.
Today he turns 22 years old, can jest and 'parlay'(!) with his Chinese and Korean friends, besides graduating from his university with a major in Japanese.
But that's not all together why he is a Pangea phenomenon to me: this guy saved his bus money (for launching his dreamed-of Japanese life) by walking the miles to and from uni every day, with his iPod, rain or shine, singing out loud every blessed song that appealed to him; favorites spanning time and place and generation.
Luke baby Mags snuggle
He is not bound by cultural norms, by ageist protocols, nor by some diminishing self-consciousness (in the words of Marianne Williamson: 'who am I to be so brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?' Actually, who are we not to be...?"). Luke Susumu McFarlane gets this home truth.
This guy, whose little smile came into our lives and melted our hearts is the same spirit who, 22 years later, wooes and wows his neighbors, teachers, friends and family only now, it's a big, broad smile and evermore mirth in a trans-continental reality! 
Dear Luke, we (The World!) celebrate you; all that you are and all that you bring, on this 13th day of May, 2008 ~ your 22nd Birthday!
This Flowgram is dedicated to you:
http://beta.flowgram.com/f/p.html#4OLLLCR1Y7ESGI
You Rock!
Born in Aylesbury, England, of Scots-Irish and Scandanavian -New Zealand descent, Luke went, when he was barely bi-ped, to be raised in his mother's native land, New Zealand ('Aotearoa': Land of the Long White Cloud), together with his two older brothers.
Today he turns 22 years old, can jest and 'parlay'(!) with his Chinese and Korean friends, besides graduating from his university with a major in Japanese.
But that's not all together why he is a Pangea phenomenon to me: this guy saved his bus money (for launching his dreamed-of Japanese life) by walking the miles to and from uni every day, with his iPod, rain or shine, singing out loud every blessed song that appealed to him; favorites spanning time and place and generation.
Luke baby Mags snuggle
He is not bound by cultural norms, by ageist protocols, nor by some diminishing self-consciousness (in the words of Marianne Williamson: 'who am I to be so brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?' Actually, who are we not to be...?"). Luke Susumu McFarlane gets this home truth.
This guy, whose little smile came into our lives and melted our hearts is the same spirit who, 22 years later, wooes and wows his neighbors, teachers, friends and family only now, it's a big, broad smile and evermore mirth in a trans-continental reality!
That smile...
That smile!
This Flowgram is dedicated to you:
http://beta.flowgram.com/f/p.html#4OLLLCR1Y7ESGI
You Rock!
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