When The World Zigs, I Zag: Leanne..

When The World Zigs, I Zag

Monday, October 27, 2008

Leanne..

Today I had some values reinforced back into me. Today I had my eyes opened back again to see what I have and how lucky I am. Today I found good conversation with amazing people. Well one person to be more precise. She taught me to value the life I have and the importance of being humble, two things I was probably on close to straying from.

Auntie Leanne, One of the few aunties that are actually really really really grounded, I think to tell the story of Us we have to start from meeting through to today.

A couple of years back, back when I had an MD player and the cut I sported was the ohh so awesome "flat top". The fam bam was jetting off for what I remember to be a 9 day tour in China, making our way though some chinese airport, we spotted the most peculiar looking guy, miss matched socks, army like boots, and a hair cut that looked like a bird had started nesting atop his near bald head : P haha.. anyways.. His name was Alex, Alex the barrister from brissy, an awesome guy no doubt. His mother was Auntie Leanne, a woman that we would come to discover was one of wonder and a truly dazzling history. To this day I will learn to love and respect the amazing person she is. Perhaps my story of her is on that is one sided for I only know her side of her stories but I believe she is what she says and always will be.

After the whirlwind tour of china we lost contact with her, I don't know why and I don't know how but the important thing is that on a fine Saturday afternoon out at the Doctors We finally crossed paths again. It seemed it was fated that we should meet as she too was off to the doctors for a check up on that Saturday afternoon. and here is where her story starts, She is one year older then my dad, well into her 50's she drove herself from Brisbane to Perth in search of adventured I'd say. Coming to Perth and crossing paths with us sparked what I see to be an wonderful friendship.

Out for dinner tonight after a day of near disappointments, the family and Auntie Leanne decided that Miss Mauds buffet would be a nice touch to the night. There, serenaded by the long standing accordion playing, keyboarding chap. we listened to her stories attentively and laughed and gasped at what would be some of the most heart breaking and insightful stories I have ever heard.

As a young girl from Malaysia she was married by the age of 16 and giving birth to her first soon after her 17th birthday. Her marriage was one that I wonder about. In her words she described perhaps the most peculiar thing I have ever heard, though now that I think about it I wonder why I was surprised. How did she meet her husband, that would turn out to be a true blue loser? Well as a young girl her would be husband was persistent on them going to the movies. After some time she gave in and decided that her younger brother would probably enjoy it too. The younger brother is integral to this. After the movie he passed word to his mother that Auntie Leanne was off watching movies with *blah blah* (thats how was will refer to him from now on) Her mother being old fashioned and all promptly arranged their marriage to blah blah without asking if he was the one *that's how it was back then* anyway skip on out. Her husband turned out to be a tosser and a cheater, one that would go on to farther many a children with many a women, point is the bastard *blah blah* was soo bad that he drove Auntie Leanne to suicide, trice she attempted and trice she failed (Hold on a sec, ain't that from Harry Potter?). Once a knife to the chest saved by her lack of knowledge as to where the heart was she made painful work of trying to stab the chest plate. Her lack of knowledge of circuit breakers saved her from electrocution and her lack of knowledge of the stretchiness of curtain springs saved her from a gallows like ending. She can now look back and see how her lack of knowledge saved her from taking her life and I too thank god that she was none the wiser back then for I would not have been able to meet her or Alex. There's more to the story but it's just too much for a post. Just know that she is one in a million.

Today she is probably one of the strongest people I know. She carried alot of pain in her for a long time. Waking of nightmares in which she fought her now MIA husband. She came from living life on the off foot to one that I hold much admiration for. The courage it takes to be an individual like her I hope I will realise within myself one day. She has found god and something to believe in, I can see the good it has done for her and I hope she will grow from strength to strength as I see no bounds for such a character. Her warming personality and her inner strength tells me that there's hope for all of us still. May the sun always shine bright for her, and perhaps some of that light may reflect on to us.

Jensen

posted by Jensen @ 10/27/2008 12:52:00 AM

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