September 17, 1982
For a few years, Moyra and I attended the same school in İzmir, Turkey — the American Collegiate Institute (ACI). As two Americans attending a school whose charter was to provide American-style education for Turkish girls, we bonded immediately.
Moyra left after junior high to attend a different high school, and eventually returned to the US. I stayed on at ACI through high school, completed my university education in Turkey, and got married before moving to the US. As luck would have it, we both ended up on the West Coast — Moyra in Oregon; I in Washington.
On one fine fall day, Mui and I drove to Portland to meet up with Moyra and her husband, Don. I have to admit I was nervous on the way there. Though we had corresponded in the interim, it had been ages since we had seen each other. My concerns were for naught.
This is one friendship that has survived distance and time.
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