Lupus

    Once upon a time…there was a girl who always had endless energy, she loved throwing parties, and usually brought people around her together. I met her in a dancing club between my second and third years in my previous company. She was my best friend in Alpha Networks.

    She had an enzyme in her muscles that controlled how to turn food into energy. She was passionate about cooking. She was open-minded enough to taste different cuisine. As she regarded cooking as an art, she mixed abundant colors with some raw ingredients. When she made scallion pancakes, birth cakes, biscuits, and unique cuisine, she brought smiles and happiness to everybody, she felt delighted and made her cooking skills grow automatically. I vividly remembered my first time participating in a weight loss challenge with our friends in a small group, she prepared a big batch of vegetable soup, and loads of veggies, naturally low in fat and calories for a week to win the competition. I definitely consume all of them for a whole week. Unfortunately, I had difficulty pooping for a week, I was probably constipated. I guessed that I rarely consumed mineral oil as lubricant laxatives but too much fiber in my intestine’s walls, hardly allowing stool to move through my colon and out of my body. I barely slimmed down, only losing up to 2kg in a month.
There was a sports day arranged by our company, and she informed me personally that she typical could not expose herself to the sun because she had been infected with lupus since she was a child. Her face would turn rash after excessed sun exposure. She noticed that lupus is a long-term autoimmune disease, more likely to have a shorter life expectancy. Living with lupus can be challenging and cause other problems. It was essential to enjoy her good quality of life with lupus, she did not blame any and continuously fought off viruses and bacteria.

    She was not lazy and was always an optimist girl. She always tried to visualize her goal. She frequently told me to go oversea to improve her English, and I took her to her words. A few years later, she went to Australia after I left her for a year. I acknowledge her back to Taiwan and tied a knot with our colleague. I wish she can live healthier and merrier. I miss her sometimes.