Dear Sheena,
The time when were pen pals seems so long ago. It's been over a decade when I began to look to you for advice, guidance and stories of how it is to immigrate and assimilate. Leaving the comforts of Pisay and entering an American high school had looked so daunting. But you did it with the same grace and brilliance by which you had taken our own Pisay. I wanted to learn and emulate.
Thank you for your friendship. Those wonderful letters were treasures to me. I gobbled up every anecdote because I knew I would encounter similar situations some time later. Thank you for teaching me the right terms like bathroom instead of C.R., and even orienting me to the school times of typical high schools. You were a big help.
I heard that you are married now. And I guess, so are a lot of our former classmates. Now, we're on new chapters of our lives. I have other mentors nowadays, and I just wanted you to know that for a time, I considered you a mentor in my life.
Thanks---
