Sincerely, Vantae

PROLOUGE

VANTAE

I can still remember, with the type of clarity that makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, the very beginning of bullshit. At least, in my own life.

I was ten years old, and my parents-"The Kims' at 1100 RV Avenue," were holding a fundraiser in our home. In the middle of the thousand-dollar-a-plate dinner, my father decided to give an unnecessary speech.

There he was-six foot four, genuine Korean brown eyes, and genuinely greedy, talking about how he wanted to invest in healthier menus for the kids in school. He also wanted to help invest in better disciplinary ideals since he knew of a certain child (it was me) who couldn't stay out of trouble to save his life.

Still, none of those ideals warranted the bullshit label-the next ones did: As he was toasting to all of his sponsors in the room, he lifted his glass and said, "I consider everyone here tonight to be a friend of mine. If you're not a friend, it's only because you're family, and family is forever. The main reason I'm saying this right now is that my own late father taught me a very important lesson that has stuck with me for all these years: Some people come into your life for a reason, some a season, and some a lifetime."

There was loud applause, lots of cheering, and heartfelt "So true...So true..." responses tossed around the room at that moment. And then an older man stooped down to my level and said, "Your father is right, you know? Remember everything he just said."

"What did he just say?"

"He said some people come into your life for a reason, some a season, and some a lifetime." He smiled. "You should keep that in mind as much as you can in your life." He winked at me and walked away.

I didn't know it then, but my father and his fickle follower had practically predicted my future...

A few years after he gave that speech, he must've figured he'd obliged his "reason" in me and my mom's life because he left us both. Several years after that, my mother decided her "season" of motherhood was done and decided that she was tired of being a mom-that her real calling could be found in smoke bars and casinos. As far as for "a lifetime," I could only think of one person who ever came close...

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