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100 things that unite us with our people

These are our people. All those that we’ve chosen to share this life with.

With whom we joined our “egos” for a life “together”.
These one hundred reasons and all the other thousand ones that can not be described.
1. Our first meeting

2. The words we whispered.

3. The nights we seduced. The nights that we got seduced.

4. The little mischiefs.  The all-nighters. The theaters. The cinemas. The exhibitions. The cultural nights and even our decadent ones. All of it. 

5. The untold secrets 

6. Our hidden code

7. Our Greek summers

8. Our endless winters

9. The frustrations. The untold sorrows

10. The sunsets. The hearts we exchanged

11. The heights we scaled. The happiness we have experienced

12. The taste of the lows

13. The battles we gave. The battles we won. The problems we solved. The Gordian knots that we broke

14. The betrayals we experienced. The betrayals that haunted us. The break ups that destroyed us. The break ups that liberated us.

15. The family we created. The eternal ties that bind us

16. All the “I Miss You”. The “I Love You”. All the “When will you come?”

17. The memories that never faded

18. The way you say my name

19. Our nicknames

20. The hugs we shared

21. The vanilla sweets. The crepes we shared

22. The sumptuous meals23. Dipping bread in the salad 

24. Pigging out together

25. Our immortal loves

26. Our flirts. The dates that were a disaster. The dates with our hearts beating like crazy 

27. Our crazy stories

28. The same fork we shared

29. The common pillow that we rested on 

30. The kilometres we traversed

31. The thousands of miles we’ve flown. The world we longed to discover32. The infinite “far aways” that we managed to make “close by”

33. The phone calls we endured despite the poor signal. These “I can not hear you” lines that we did not want to hang up

34. The messages we sent under the covers

35. The messages we sent from the toilets. During meetings. Under tables

36. My number that you know by heart

37. Your number that I can read in a hundred different ways

38. The “together” feeling. The feeling of the “family”. To “belong” somewhere

39. Our songs. The silly songs that stuck to our minds and we sang together

40. Our films. The series that kept us awake all night long. The books you taught me. The books we exchanged

41. The lava and the passion that supported our great ideas. Our visions for a “different” world

42. The unforgettable joys, our festivities, our feasts, our festivals. Our get togethers

43. Our Circular Dances

44. The crazy unattainable dreams you did not make fun of. Your successes that I celebrated as mine. The professional peaks for which we “bleeded”. The late nights at work and all the support you gave me in every which way

45. The faith we have shown. The prayers we whispered

46. The long wait for the “good” news. The patience I asked of you

47. The celebrations for every small and great success

48. The hand you extended to lift me from the floor

49. The defeats that you helped me transform into victories. The wounds you healed. The scratches that you cured.  All the “Do not worry” you told me. The “Just look ahead” lines that you truly meant

50. The matches we have seen

51. The matches we played

52. The games we won

53. And those we lost

54. The advice that became inspiration

55. The advice that turned into action. Your example that became my guide

56. Our apologies

57. The common values. Our ideals. Our beliefs. Our non-negotiable principles

58. The Homeland we never forgot

59. The homeland we shared and that we carried with us

60. The “national team”, the “official beloved” that inspired us. The “stadiums” we filled and the joy we shared 

61. Our difficult times

62. Our very difficult times

63. The moments that we thought “it does not go any further”

64. The tears we wiped off

65. The crying we couldn’t hold back

66. Our nervous laughters

67. The skids. Our dives. Our swims in the sea. The salt and iodine that raised us from the dead

68. The sun that heated up our soul

69. The blue sky we shared. The Aegean Sea that became our compass70. The “storms” we experienced 

71. The hugs. Our bodies that buttoned up like a “sur mesure” garment. 

72. My stupidities that you covered up

73. All the insanities that can not be described

74. All these things that only we know. The secrets we will take to the grave 75. The huge blunders

76. The Nightmares you chased away

77. The Erinnyes you killed. The Catharsis you imposed

78. The potholes that did not affect us

79. The diseases we defeated. And the ones that defeated us

80. The “goodbyes” that torn us apart

81. The lessons we gave together

82. The lessons we learned together

83. The things I forgot in your house

84. The shoes we borrowed. The gifts from the heart we exchanged

85. Your clothes that I borrowed

86. The beds on which we collapsed

87. Our phone calls 10 minutes after we got separated. The phone calls  at 2am in the morning

88. The phone calls at 3am in the morning

89. The phone calls at dawn. 

90. Our phone calls. Full stop.

91. Our meetings that were supposed to last an hour and that turned into all night affairs. Our endless conversations about politics, people, relationships, God, love, life, death and what is coming “after”

92. Our board games. Our games. Our glorious moments…

93. Our fights about who will pay the bill

94. The stories we have lived

95. The stories we will tell our children96. The love in the eyes

97. The love in the touch

98. The love in the words

99. The love in the actions

100. The love that won. The death that was defeated

We. Our people.

The only thing that will endure. 

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